NUTRIENT AND SEDIMENT REMOVAL BY A RESTORED WETLAND RECEIVING AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF

HOFMOCKEL K. H. / JORDAN T. E. / WHIGHAM D. F. / et al. - ARTICLE DE PERIODIQUE - 2003

The objective of this study was to quantify the removal of nutrients and sediments of one such wetland under a highly variable flow regime. This wetland, on the Chesapeake bay shore, receives cropland runoff and may serve as a model for systems mitigating non point source nutrient discharges toward the goal of 40% reduction set by the Chesapeake Bay Program.