Environmental drivers of seasonal variation in green roof runoff water quality

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 91, Issue , 2016, Pages 506-514

  Buffam, Ishi ^a   Mitchell, Mark E ^a   Durtsche, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Green infrastructure; Nitrate; Nutrient concentrations; Stormwater runoff; Vegetated roof

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CARBON; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; POSITIVE IONS; ROOFS; RUNOFF; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIATIONS; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; MICROBIAL MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; STORM WATER RUNOFF; STRONG SEASONAL PATTERN; VEGETATED ROOF;

EFFLUENTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CATION; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; PH; ROOF; RUNOFF; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WASTEWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

CINCINNATI; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962610392     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.02.044     Document Type: Article

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