Water Quality
The removal of particulate matter from a water column.
What is Sedimentation
A place where most heavy metals accumulate in the soil
What is the upper part of the soil/ sediment
Also known as swamp gas
What is methane
Sulfur enters wetlands primarily in this form.
What is Sulfate
Refers to the conversion of a nutrient from one mineral to another.
What is Transformation.
Characterized by the transfer of electrons from one compound to another.
What is Oxidation Reduction (redox)
The conversion of NH4+ to NO3-.
What is nitrification
Sulfur levels are most prevalent when__.
What is a neutral pH.
What does BOD stand for?
What is biochemical oxygen demand
Measure of the tendency of a system to donate or reduce electrons.
What is redox potential
The conversion of dinitrogen gas to ammonia then to ammonium.
What is Dinitrogen fixation
The efficiency of phosphorous removal from water entering wetlands.
What is 40 to 50 percent.
Wetlands trap __ to __ percent of sediment from runoff in the water.
What is 80-90 percent.
Redox potential represents an electrical potential and is measured in...
What is millivolts
The microbial reduction of CO2 to methane (CO4).
What is Methanogenesis
Major long term sink when organisms die and their tissue becomes part of the litter zone.
What is sediment / peat (accumulation)
The conversion of a nutrient from an organic form to an inorganic form through decomposition.
What is Mineralization
Wetlands remove__ to __ percent of metals in the area.
What is 20%-100%.
The conversion of organic forms to inorganic forms during decomposition.
What is Nitrogen Mineralization
Oxidation of Sulfur compounds is an acidifying process. Draining these soils leads to the production of what acid?
What is sulfuric acid.