The ability of wetlands to transform or trap nutrients and sediments has led to increasing attention to how wetlands can be used or their functions replicated to treat nonpoint sources of pollution. Protection, restoration, and creation of wetlands can be incorporated into nonpoint source pollution
Federal programs for wetland restoration and use of wetlands for nonpoint source pollution control
โ Scribed by Gene Whitaker; Charles R. Terrell
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 812 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0925-8574
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