Recent advances in control technologies for non-point source pollution with nitrogen and phosphorous from agricultural runoff: current practices and future prospects

Applied Biological Chemistry

Table 3 Ecological ditches and their vegetation and nutrients removal capacities

Location	Vegetation	Nutrients removal capacity	References
Po River Basin, Italy	Phragmites australis Typha latifolia	1.52 kg N/(km day)	[80]
Po River Basin, Italy	Unvegetated	0.24 kg N/(km day)	[80]
South-central Bohemia, Czech	Epilobium hirsutum Lythrum salicaria Filipendula ulmaria Phragmites australis Typha latifolia Glyceria maxima	5.28 kg N/(km day) 0.70 kg P/(km day)	[81]
Changsha, China	Canna indica Hydrocotyle vulgaris Sparganium stoloniferum Myriophyllum aquaticum Juncus effusus	3.20 kg N/(km day)	[28]
Mississippi State, USA	Leersia oryzoides Typha latifolia	2.19 kg N/(km day) 0.58 kg P/(km day)	[82]
Tianjin, China	Iris pseudacorus Lythrum salicaria	1.73 kg N/(km day)	[83]