Wetlands are unique ecosystems that provide the essential ecosystem service of excess nutrient retention, processing, and removal from the landscape. In the early 1990s the U.S. adopted a “no net loss” policy towards ...

Creating and restoring wetlands is commonplace because many wetlands have been threatened or destroyed by urban expansion. Structural and functional aspects of created wetland ecosystems, however, remain poorly understood. ...

Nitrogen is widely recognized as a chronic urban stormwater pollutant. In the United States, wet retention ponds have become widely used to treat urban runoff for quantity and quality. While wet ponds typically function ...