DO WETLANDS BEHAVE LIKE SHALLOW LAKES IN TERMS OF PHOSPHORUS DYNAMICS?

• Published in: Journal of the American Water Resources Association Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 43 - 54
• Main Author: Moustafa, M. Z.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-02-2000; American Water Resources Association
• Subjects: Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; Freshwater; Hydrology; Hydrology. Hydrogeology; lakes; loading rates; phosphorus; reservoirs; trophic status; Vollenweider model; Water resources; wetlands; Florida; United States; models; dynamic loading; reservoirs; concentration; sedimentation rates; North America; surface water; wetlands; water treatment; water quality; water resource management; lakes; residence time; statistical analysis; data bases; retention; phosphorus
• ISSN: 1093-474X; 1752-1688
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2000.tb04247.x

Data obtained from two sites in Florida, known as Boney Marsh and the Everglades Nutrient Removal Project, and the EPA wetland data base were examined to determine if free surface water wetlands behaved like shallow lakes in terms of phosphorus dynamics. Lake steady-state models were then evaluated in terms of their use to predict P retention in free surface water wetland treatment system. Results showed that the wetland systems behaved like shallow lakes, such that free surface water wetlands could be classified according to trophic status. General relationships determining P trapping in these wetlands were evident.