Greenhouse gas emission in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment: a review

Ü Mander, G Dotro, Y Ebie, S Towprayoon… - Ecological …, 2014 - Elsevier
A literature analysis of 158 papers published in international peer-reviewed journals
indexed by the Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge from 1994 to 2013 showed that CO 2 …

Land use and climate variability amplify carbon, nutrient, and contaminant pulses: a review with management implications

SS Kaushal, PM Mayer, PG Vidon… - JAWRA Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Nonpoint source pollution from agriculture and urbanization is increasing globally at the
same time climate extremes have increased in frequency and intensity. We review> 200 …

Creating wetlands: primary succession, water quality changes, and self-design over 15 years

WJ Mitsch, L Zhang, KC Stefanik, AM Nahlik… - Bioscience, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The succession of vegetation, soil development, water quality changes, and carbon and
nitrogen dynamics are summarized in this article for a pair of 1-hectare flow-through-created …

Effects of soil chemical characteristics and water regime on denitrification genes (nirS, nirK, and nosZ) abundances in a created riverine wetland complex

T Ligi, M Truu, J Truu, H Nõlvak, A Kaasik… - Ecological …, 2014 - Elsevier
The impacts of site-specific characteristics, such as wetland type, water regime, and soil
chemical parameters, on the abundance of denitrifying genes encoding nitrite (nirS and …

Validation of the ecosystem services of created wetlands: two decades of plant succession, nutrient retention, and carbon sequestration in experimental riverine …

WJ Mitsch, L Zhang, E Waletzko, B Bernal - Ecological engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
Wetlands provide many ecosystem services to society, most notably the provision of habitat
for important plants and animals, the improvement of water quality, and the sequestration of …

[HTML][HTML] Performance of Phragmites Australis and Cyperus Papyrus in the treatment of municipal wastewater by vertical flow subsurface constructed wetlands

F García-Ávila, J Patiño-Chávez… - International Soil and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of constructed wetlands to treat municipal wastewater reduces energy consumption
and therefore economic costs, as well as reduces environmental pollution. The purpose of …

Periphytic biofilms: a promising nutrient utilization regulator in wetlands

Y Wu, J Liu, ER Rene - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Low nutrient utilization efficiency in agricultural ecosystems is the main cause of nonpoint
source (NPS) pollution. Therefore, novel approaches should be explored to improve nutrient …

Balancing carbon sequestration and GHG emissions in a constructed wetland

JJM de Klein, AK van der Werf - Ecological Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
In many countries wetlands are constructed or restored for removing nutrients from surface
water. At the same time vegetated wetlands can act as carbon sinks when CO 2 is …

Methane emissions from freshwater riverine wetlands

C Sha, WJ Mitsch, Ü Mander, J Lu, J Batson… - Ecological …, 2011 - Elsevier
To better understand methane emissions from freshwater riverine wetlands, seasonal and
spatial patterns of methane emissions were measured over a 1-year period from created …

Modeling the effects of riparian buffer zone and contour strips on stream water quality

M Sahu, RR Gu - Ecological Engineering, 2009 - Elsevier
The use of contour and riparian buffer strips planted with perennial vegetation has been
found to improve surface water quality by reducing NO3-N and sediment outflow from …