Efficiency of a constructed wetland for retention of sediment-associated phosphorus

• DOI: 10.1007/s10750-011-0728-y
• Publication Date: 2011-05-11T15:20:53Z
• Authors: Karin M. Johannesson; Jonas L. Andersson; Karin S. Tonderski
• Keywords: Ekologi; particulate phosphorus; Ecology; diffuse pollution; 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences; 15. Life on land; 6. Clean water; Constructed wetland; long-term retention; 13. Climate action; 0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; sediment accretion; sediment phosphorus fractions

A constructed wetland (2.1 ha; 2% of catchment area) in southeast Sweden, in a catchment with 35% arable land on clay soils, was investigated with respect to phosphorus (P) retention, focusing on p ...