Efficiency and dimensioning of riparian buffer zones in agricultural catchments

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 299-324

  Mander, Ülo ^a   Kuusemets, Valdo ^a   Lõhmus, Krista ^a   Mauring, Tõnu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Buffer strips; Buffer zones; Load; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Retention; Riparian forests

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; BUFFER ZONE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIPARIAN FOREST; WATERSHED;

ESTONIA;

BETULACEAE; RIPARIA;

EID: 0030824549     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-8574(97)00025-6     Document Type: Article

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