Quantifying the Water Quality Functions of Wetlands

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dc.contributor.authorDoyle, Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorForbes, MGen_US
dc.contributor.otherProceedings of the Eighth Biennial State of the Bay Symposium January 23-25, 2007en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T16:46:36Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T16:46:36Z
dc.date.issuedJan. 24. 2007en_US
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dc.description.abstractA recent Supreme Court ruling has put thousands of small, seemingly isolated wetlands at greater risk and accelerated the loss of coastal freshwater wetlands. Although each wetland is small, their cumulative benefits are most likely highly significant. It has been demonstrated, primarily with studies involving constructed treatment wetlands, that wetlands improve water quality and reduce levels of a wide array of pollutants. However scientifically based methods for predicting how well a particular wetland will improve water quality are limited. Furthermore, such estimates are rarely verified by field sampling. We outline a method for estimating the water quality function associated with wetland characteristics (hydraulic detention time, vegetative density, catchment land use, etc.) that is based on a combination of functional analyses and field sampling. This method incorporates what is known about the fate and transport of pollutants in wetlands with landscape characteristics that influence the opportunity and significance of each wetland's functional capacity.en_US
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dc.history1-16-09 kswen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/18595
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dc.locationNot available in house - Please contact GBIC for assistanceen_US
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dc.publisherGalveston Bay Estuary Programen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries10112.00en_US
dc.relation.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/gbeppubs/sobviii/sobviii_rpr.htm#Doyleen_US
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dc.subjectcatchment land useen_US
dc.subjectcoastal freshwater wetlandsen_US
dc.subjecthydraulic detention timeen_US
dc.subjectSupreme Courten_US
dc.subjectvegetative densityen_US
dc.subjectwetlandsen_US
dc.titleQuantifying the Water Quality Functions of Wetlandsen_US
dc.typeCONFen_US
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