Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2006
Treatment of log yard run-off by irrigation of grass and willows
Jonsson M, Dimitriou I, Aronsson P, Elowson TAbstract
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 reservedPublished in
Environmental Pollution2006, volume: 139, number: 1, pages: 157-166
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD
Authors' information
Jonsson, Maria
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Products
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology and Crop Production Sciences
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology and Crop Production Sciences
Elowson, Torbjörn
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Products
UKÄ Subject classification
Forest Science
Environmental Sciences related to Agriculture and Land-use
Fish and Aquacultural Science
Publication Identifiers
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2005.04.026
URI (permanent link to this page)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/8751