Efficiency of grass buffer strips and vegetation height on sediment filtration in laboratory rainfall simulations

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 139-144

  Pearce, Robert A ^a   Trlica, M J ^b   Leininger, Wayne C ^b   Smith, James L ^c   Frasier, Gary W ^d  

^a EnviroCounsel Consulting   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SIMULATION; SOILS; STANDARDS;

GRASS BUFFER STRIPS; LABORATORY RAINFALL SIMULATION; OVERLAND FLOW; SEDIMENT FILTRATION; VEGETATION HEIGHT;

WATER QUALITY;

RAIN;

ARTICLE; FILTRATION; GRASS; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; VEGETATION;

EID: 0031032184     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1997.00472425002600010021x     Document Type: Article

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