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Water Quality Impacts of Wetland Restoration and Drainage Channel Improvement in a Formerly Drained Agricultural Field

Rundell, Zachary C
http://orcid.org/0009-0005-9776-5046
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1683884947468005

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2023, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Environmental Studies (Voinovich).
Agricultural nutrient pollution is a significant cause of impairment in American surface waters. Wetland restoration projects in agricultural watersheds can provide an effective sink for excess nutrients and potentially improve downstream water quality. Ohio University has partnered with The Stream and Wetlands Foundation to conduct water quality monitoring during the restoration of Bloody Run Swamp, a wetland in a former agricultural field near Columbus, Ohio. This thesis serves as an analysis of the initial water quality impacts of this restoration project. The restoration of Bloody Run Swamp did not significantly impact total dissolved phosphorus, orthophosphate, TKN, or ammonia concentrations. In contrast, both nitrate/nitrate and total dissolved nitrogen concentration and loads were significantly reduced during construction. This may have been due to the dry weather during construction and the removal of drainage tiles from Bloody Run Swamp. Future water quality monitoring is needed to determine the long-term impacts of this restoration project.
Natalie Kruse Daniels (Advisor)
Gregory Springer (Committee Member)
Morgan Vis (Committee Member)
307 p.
Agriculture; Aquatic Sciences; Biology; Earth; Ecology; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Management; Environmental Science; Environmental Studies; Geomorphology; Hydrologic Sciences; Hydrology; Limnology; Water Resource Management
Wetland Restoration; Rosgen Natural Channel Design; Ohio; Eutrophication; Bloody Run Swamp; Agricultural Pollution; Nutrient Pollution; Drainage Channel Improvement; Compensatory Mitigation; Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen; Total Phosphorus; Total Nitrogen; Ammonia; Organic Nitrogen; Soluble Reactive Phosphorus; Nitrate; Nutrient Impacts; Tile Drainage

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  • Rundell, Z. C. (2023). Water Quality Impacts of Wetland Restoration and Drainage Channel Improvement in a Formerly Drained Agricultural Field [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1683884947468005

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rundell, Zachary. Water Quality Impacts of Wetland Restoration and Drainage Channel Improvement in a Formerly Drained Agricultural Field. 2023. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1683884947468005.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rundell, Zachary. "Water Quality Impacts of Wetland Restoration and Drainage Channel Improvement in a Formerly Drained Agricultural Field." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1683884947468005

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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