Managing Global Resources for a Secure Future

Division: SSSA Division: Wetland Soils

Title: Soil Processes and Performance in Constructed Wetlands

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Format: Oral Symposium
Keywords: anaerobic soils, nutrient removal, physicochemical and water quality

Session Description: This session highlights the importance of soil physical, chemical, and biological processes involved in nutrient removal in constructed wetland systems.  Patterns of nutrient forms and storages along with plant and microbial growth will be discussed using the Everglades Stormwater Treatment Area wetlands as a case example.