Recent advances in control technologies for non-point source pollution with nitrogen and phosphorous from agricultural runoff: current practices and future prospects

Y Xia, M Zhang, DCW Tsang, N Geng, D Lu… - Applied Biological …, 2020 - Springer
Eutrophication of natural water is a universal problem. Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from
agricultural runoff are the main sources of nutrient input, provided that emissions from …

Removal of non-point source pollutants from domestic sewage and agricultural runoff by vegetated drainage ditches (VDDs): Design, mechanism, management …

MN Kumwimba, F Meng, O Iseyemi, MT Moore… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Domestic wastewater and agricultural runoff are increasingly viewed as major threats to both
aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems due to the introduction of non-point source inorganic (eg …

A concrete material with waste coal gangue and fly ash used for farmland drainage in high groundwater level areas

J Wang, Q Qin, S Hu, K Wu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
Because farmland drainage is difficult in coal mining subsidence areas with high
groundwater level and the utilization rate of mine solid wastes (including coal gangue and …

What makes ditches and ponds more efficient in nitrogen control?

W Shen, S Li, M Mi, Y Zhuang, L Zhang - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ditches and ponds are widely used ecological engineering measures to control agricultural
non-point source pollution. Numerous site-level studies have examined the removal rate of …

Integrating payment for ecosystem services in protected areas governance: The case of the Po Delta Park

M Gaglio, M Lanzoni, F Goggi, EA Fano… - Ecosystem Services, 2023 - Elsevier
The effective inclusion of Ecosystem Services (ES) in the governance of Protected Areas
(PAs) is a key challenge for future environmental governance. In this sense, Payments for …

Land use change effects on ecosystem services of river deltas and coastal wetlands: case study in Volano–Mesola–Goro in Po river delta (Italy)

M Gaglio, VG Aschonitis, E Gissi, G Castaldelli… - Wetlands Ecology and …, 2017 - Springer
The landscape of river deltas and coastal wetlands is under a continuous alteration due the
combined effects of human and natural factors. The aim of the study is to analyze the Land …

Mitigation of nitrogen pollution in vegetated ditches fed by nitrate-rich spring waters

E Soana, R Balestrini, F Vincenzi, M Bartoli… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2017 - Elsevier
In permeable soils, excess nitrate from agriculture is transported vertically and accumulates
in aquifers. However, it can come back to the surface via groundwater movement and pollute …

Vegetated canals mitigate nitrogen surplus in agricultural watersheds

G Castaldelli, E Soana, E Racchetti, F Vincenzi… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2015 - Elsevier
Within irrigated agricultural watersheds, canal networks may play a crucial role as nitrogen
(N) sink. This is due to the intertwined action of macrophytes and microbial communities …

The influence of nitrate pollution on elemental and isotopic composition of aquatic and semi-aquatic bryophytes

A Martín, J Corbera, O Cano, C Preece, J Peñuelas… - Aquatic botany, 2024 - Elsevier
Bryophytes can play an important role in key ecosystem processes and represent potential
candidates as bioindicators for environmental monitoring programmes. Nitrate (NO 3−) …

Advances in ecotechnological methods for diffuse nutrient pollution control: wicked issues in agricultural and urban watersheds

M Nsenga Kumwimba, B Zhu, AI Stefanakis… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Considerable time and funding have been committed to tackling nonpoint source (NPS)
pollution in agricultural and urban watersheds. Notwithstanding all these efforts, the water …