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Influence of Canebrakes on Water Quality

Percent reduction of sediment and nutrients in the initial 3.3 meters of southern Illinois giant cane and mixed forest riparian buffer zones.

Parameter
Percentage Reduction
of Pollutant in Giant Cane
Percentage Reduction
   of Pollutant in Forest
Overland Flow

Sediment
96
70
Dissolved NO₃^\xe2\x80\x94N
67
17
Total PO₄^3-
80
--
Total NH₃-N
81
21
Groundwater

Dissolved NO₃^\xe2\x80\x94N
91
68

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Parameter	Percentage Reduction of Pollutant in Giant Cane	Percentage Reduction of Pollutant in Forest
*Overland Flow*
Sediment	96	70
Dissolved NO₃^\xe2\x80\x94N	67	17
Total PO₄^3-	80	--
Total NH₃-N	81	21
*Groundwater*
Dissolved NO₃^\xe2\x80\x94N	91	68