Substrate Organic Matter to Improve Nitrate Removal in Surface‐Flow Constructed Wetlands

• Published in: Journal of Environmental Quality
• Main Authors: Burchell, Michael R., Skaggs, R. Wayne, Lee, Charles R., Broome, Steven, Chescheir, George M., Osborne, Jason
• Other Authors: USACE Engineering Research and Development Center, USDA-NRI
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: Eagle Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jeq2006.0022; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.2134%2Fjeq2006.0022; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.2134/jeq2006.0022/fullpdf

ABSTRACT A wetland mesocosm experiment was conducted in eastern North Carolina to determine if organic matter (OM) addition to soils used for in‐stream constructed wetlands would increase NO 3 − –N treatment. Not all soils are suitable for wetland substrate, so OM addition can provide a carbon and n...