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Carbon and Nutrient (N, P) Cycling of Created and Restored Wetlands

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Wetlands are created or restored for a number of purposes, including flood control, water purification, sediment and nutrient retention, and biodiversity. Restoration of wetlands is the process of recreating former conditions at a site that once contained a wetland. Wetland creation involves manipulating a site without a historical wetland so that it functions as a wetland. Success of wetland creation or restoration is usually determined by comparing structural (hydrology, vegetation structure) and functional (carbon and nutrient cycling) elements of the new wetland with a natural system. The new wetland will ideally be a natural, functioning, self-regulating system that is integrated within the ecological landscape in which it occurs.

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  1. School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, 1315 10th St, Bloomington, IN, USA

    Owen Langman

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  1. Dept. of Ecology and Biodiversity, Charles Sturt University Inst. for Land, Water and Society, Albury, New South Wales, Australia

    C. Max Finlayson

  2. Great Somerford, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

    Mark Everard

  3. Chair of Aquatic Ecosystems, UNESCO-IHE Chair of Aquatic Ecosystems, Delft, The Netherlands

    Kenneth Irvine

  4. RM Wetland & Environment Ltd. , Littleworth, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

    Robert J. McInnes

  5. USGS National Wetlands Research Center , Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

    Beth A. Middleton

  6. Dept. of Water Science and Engineering, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Dept. of Water Science and Engineering, Delft, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

    Anne A. van Dam

  7. Charles Sturt University , Albury, New South Wales, Australia

    Nick C. Davidson

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Langman, O. (2016). Carbon and Nutrient (N, P) Cycling of Created and Restored Wetlands. In: Finlayson, C., et al. The Wetland Book. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6172-8_328-1

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