The potential role of urban forests in removing nutrients from stormwater

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 207-214

  Denman, E C ^a   May, P B ^b   Moore, G M ^b  

^a VicRoads   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; FLOODS; FORESTRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOILS; STORMS; VEGETATION;

BIOFILTRATION SYSTEMS; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FILTERABLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; HERBACEOUS SPECIES; MODELING BIOFILTER; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; OXIDIZED NITROGEN; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

NUTRIENTS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; STORM WATER; RAIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; CALLISTEMON SALIGNUS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS POLYANTHEMOS; FLOODING; FOREST; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEACHING; LOPHOSTEMON CONFERTUS; MESOCOSM; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; OXIDATION; PLATANUS ORIENTALIS; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE; TREE GROWTH; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER QUALITY; CITY; FILTRATION; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CITIES; FILTRATION; FORESTS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84957540862     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2015.01.0047     Document Type: Article

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