Theses and Dissertations

ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3302-1492

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

Ervin, Gary N.

Committee Member

Baker, Beth H.

Committee Member

Folk, Ryan A.

Date of Degree

8-8-2023

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Biological Sciences

Degree Name

Master of Science (M.S.)

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Department of Biological Sciences

Abstract

Increasing wetland restoration in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley has been identified as a method to reduce nutrient loading in the Gulf of Mexico. Wetlands have historically been used to treat water through processes facilitated by wetland plants, and relatively few species and plant traits have been identified as important in carrying out these processes. This study focuses on some of those species and traits and aims to identify species differences and plant traits that may be important for wetland nutrient mitigation. Chapter I provides background information on nutrient pollution, wetland biogeochemical mechanisms for nutrient sequestration, and the focal species of the study. Chapters II and III cover the design and methods for this mesocosm study and the experimental results, while Chapter IV provides a discussion of these findings and identifies other questions that need to be addressed to better understand wetland nutrient removal dynamics.

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