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How is phosphorus processed by the wetland?
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Phosphorus, organic nitrogen and some metals ( iron or aluminium) usually attached to sediment and are carried by runoff to wet land. By holding water, a wetland allows sediment and large particles ti settle on the wetland bottom. The root systems of wetland plants then absorb nutrients from the sediment.

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