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Pollutant Buffering

Pollutant Buffering is a riparian ecological function whereby vegetated streamside zones attenuate or transform contaminants through physical, chemical, and biological processes, thereby reducing pollutant loads entering aquatic systems.

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Predicting Runoff Pollutant Reduction in Buffer Zones Adjacent to Land Treatment Sites

Michael Overcash, Sam Bingham, P. W. Westerman · Transactions of the ASAE · 1981 · 45 citations

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Performance of a narrow buffer strip in abating agricultural pollutants in the shallow subsurface water flux

Maurizio Borin, Elisa Bigon, Giuseppe Zanin et al. · Environmental Pollution · 2004 · 41 citations

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Simulation of pollution buffering capacity of wetlands fringing the Lake Victoria

F. L. Mwanuzi, Hans Aalderink, L Mdamo · Environment International · 2003 · 36 citations

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Trends and seasonality in stream water chemistry in two moorland catchments of the Upper River Wye, Plynlimon

B. Reynolds, M. Renshaw, Tim H. Sparks et al. · Hydrology and earth system sciences · 1997 · 29 citations · Full text

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Elevated chloride and consumer presence independently influence processing of stream detritus

Christopher M. Swan, Carrie A. DePalma · Urban Ecosystems · 2011 · 11 citations

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Authors

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  1. EB
    Elisa Bigon

    Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  2. MR
    M. Renshaw

    University of Cumbria, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 29 citations

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  3. TH
    Tim H. Sparks

    UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 29 citations

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  4. PW
    P. W. Westerman

    North Carolina State University, United States

    1 publications · 45 citations

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  5. CA
    Carrie A. DePalma

    University of Maryland, Baltimore County, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Institute of Hydrology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

    Bratislava, Slovakia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  2. Istituto di Biologia e Biotecnologia Agraria

    Milan, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  3. Wrexham University

    Wrexham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  4. Arcadis (Netherlands)

    Amsterdam, Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

  5. Bangor University

    Bangor, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    87 citations

  6. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    82 citations

  7. Istituto Superiore di Sanità

    Rome, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  8. University of Dar es Salaam

    Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    36 citations

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Venues

  1. Hydrology and earth system sciences

    1 publications · 29 citations

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  2. Transactions of the ASAE

    1 publications · 45 citations

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  3. Environmental Pollution

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  4. Environment International

    1 publications · 36 citations

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  5. Urban Ecosystems

    1 publications · 11 citations

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