Lessons learned? Effects of nutrient reductions from constructing wetlands in 1996–2006 across Sweden

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 103, Issue , 2017, Pages 404-414

  Arheimer, Berit ^a   Pers, B Charlotta ^a  

^a SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Large scale impact; Measure programmes; Modelling; Nutrient reduction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; DATA MINING; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; EUTROPHICATION; MODELS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; LARGE-SCALE IMPACTS; MEASURE PROGRAMMES; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT REDUCTION; RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT PLANS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

WETLANDS;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DISCHARGE; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; METADATA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER BASIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84958225658     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.01.088     Document Type: Article

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