Water and Nutrient Management in Natural and Constructed Wetlands

About this book

Wetlands provide a wide variety of ecosystem services within the landscape and their importance is commonly accepted. Among the most important are regulating services, i.e., benefits obtained from the regulation of ecosystem processes. For example, wetlands contribute to climate regulation. Land cover can affect local temperature and precipitation, wetland ecosystems may affect greenhouse gas sequestration and emissions, or affect the timing and magnitude of runoff and flooding, for example. Wetlands also improve water quality through mechanical, physical, physico-chemical, biological and biochemical processes. These abilities are also used in constructed wetlands but within a more controlled environment. In addition, wetlands provide the supporting services necessary for the production of all other ecosystem services such as soil formation and retention, nutrient cycling, primary production or water cycling.

In short, wetlands are clearly among the most valuable ecosystems on Earth. In order to provide these services, wetlands need to be properly evaluated, protected and maintained. Water and Nutrient Management in Natural and Constructed Wetlands provides results of the latest research in wetland science around the world. Chapters deal with such topics as the use of constructed wetlands for treatment of various types of wastewater, use of constructed wetlands in agroforestry, wetland hydrology and evapotranspiration, the effect of wetlands on landscape temperature, and chemical properties of wetland soils.

Contents

- Preface
- Application of Constructed Wetlands in Recycling, Agriculture and Agroforestry:Water Management for Changing Flow Regimes
- Properties of Biosolids from Sludge Treatment Wetlands for Land Application
- Process Based Models for Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands
- Application of Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands for Highly Contaminated Wastewater Treatment: Preliminary Results
- Comparison of Performance, Ageing and Eco Balance Data from Four Types of Constructed Wetlands Treating Raw Sewage
- Duckweed and Algae Ponds as a Post-Treatment for Metal Removal from Textile Wastewater
- Diel Fluctuations of Redox Potential in a Horizontal Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetland for Wastewater Treatment
- A Finite Element Approach to Modelling the Hydrological Regime in Horizontal Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
- The Evolution of Horizontal Subsurface Flow Reed Bed Design for Tertiary Treatment of Sewage Effluents in the UK
- Treatment of Landfill Leachate in Aerated Subsurface Flow Wetlands: Two Case Studies
- Nutrient Accumulation by Phragmites australis and Phalaris arundinacea Growing in Two Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
- Wastewater Treatment Constructed Wetlands Efficiency during Non-Vegetation Season in the Czech Republic
- Constructed Wetlands in the Czech Republic: 20 Years of Experience
- The Concept of Sewage-Sludge Management System for an Individual Household
- Systematic Classification, Nomenclature and Reporting for Constructed Treatment Wetlands
- Comparison of Temperature Regimes of Two Temperate Herbaceous Wetlands in the Course of the Growing Season
- Chemical Properties of the Sediment Interstitial Water at Lake Fertõ/Neusiedler See
- Water Regime Changes and the Function of an Intermittent Wetland
- Effect of Mau Forest Clear Cut on Temperature Distribution and Hydrology of Catchment of Lakes Nakuru and Naivasha: Preliminary Study
- Wetland Analyses in Lake Kyoga Region and Kamuli District in Uganda
- Factors Affecting Metal Mobilisation During Oxidation of Sulphidic, Sandy Wetland Substrates
- The Presence of Mycorrhiza in Different Habitats of an Intermittent Aquatic Ecosystem
- Comparison of Reflected Solar Radiation, Air Temperature and Relative Air Humidity in Different Ecosystems: from Fishponds and Wet Meadows to Concrete Surface
- Index

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