Date of Award
2001
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]
Volin, John C.
Abstract
To improve water quality as part of a large restoration effort, constructed herbaceous wetlands will be used as filters of high nutrient water. In this study, I tested whether mixed forested wetlands could also be used as nutrient filters. I examined water quality parameters within a forested slough isolated from direct anthropogenic disturbance and within an impounded forest wetland receiving direct agricultural effluent. Among the water quality parameters, TP and K concentrations in the forested slough were particular low. Although all nutrients, except TKN, were higher in the impounded wetland, nutrient concentrations within the wetland were lower at interior sites as compared to inflow water. Based on the use of chloride as a conservative tracer, this reduction resulted predominantly from biological and chemical processes, while physical processes played a minimal role. This study established that mixed forested wetlands can significantly reduce high nutrient levels in surface water.
Extent
52 p.
Recommended Citation
Cole, Dara Michelle, "Can Everglades forested wetlands significantly reduce nutrient concentrations in surface waters?" (2001). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2000 - 2009. 171.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_5/171
Identifier
FADT12772
Comments
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2001.