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Research article2006Peer reviewed

Treatment of log yard run-off by irrigation of grass and willows

Jonsson M, Dimitriou I, Aronsson P, Elowson T

Abstract

Log yard run-off is a potential environmental risk, among other things because it creates an oxygen deficiency in receiving watercourses. This study was conducted to investigate the purification efficiency of soil-plant systems with couchgrass (Elymus repens) and willows (Salix sp.) when intensively irrigated with run-off from an open sprinkling system at a Norway spruce (Picea abies) log yard. The purification efficiency was determined both at the field scale (couchgrass) and in 68-L lysimeters (couchgrass and willows). Groundwater in the field and drainage water from the lysimeters were analysed for Total Organic Carbon (TOC), distillable phenols, total P, and total N. Retention of TOC, phenols and P occurred but no difference between couchgrass and willows was observed. The system had better purification capacity at the field scale than in the lysimeters. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved

Published in

Environmental Pollution
2006, volume: 139, number: 1, pages: 157-166
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD

SLU Authors

  • Jonsson, Maria

    • Department of Forest Products, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

  • Dimitriou, Ioannis

    • Department of Ecology and Crop Production Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

  • Aronsson, Pär

    • Department of Ecology and Crop Production Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

  • Elowson, Torbjörn

    • Department of Forest Products, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

UKÄ Subject classification

Forest Science
Environmental Sciences and Nature Conservation
Fish and Aquacultural Science

Publication identifier

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2005.04.026

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/8751