Protecting Alabama's Water Quality through Marsh Restoration - NERRS/NSC(NERRS Science Collaborative)

In coastal Alabama, stormwater runs off the land into coastal waters, carrying with it a variety of pollutants and disease-causing microbes that degrade water quality and threaten human health. Fully restored coastal marshes with complete plant cover are able to absorb up to 80 percent of the nitrogen pollution in this runoff. Less is known, however, about the capacity of marshes at different s...

在阿拉巴马州沿海地区，暴雨径流从陆地流入沿海水域，携带着各种污染物和致病微生物，这些物质会降低水质并威胁人类健康。然而，完全恢复的沿海湿地，覆盖着完整的植被，能够吸收高达80%的径流中的氮污染。然而，关于不同状态的湿地吸收能力的了解却相对较少。