Water quality functions of riparian forest buffers in Chesapeake bay watersheds

Environmental Management

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 687-712

  Lowrance, Richard ^a   Altier, Lee S ^a,l   Newbold, J Denis ^b   Schnabel, Ronald R ^c   Groffman, Peter M ^d   Denver, Judith M ^e   Correll, David L ^f   Gilliam, J Wendell ^g   Robinson, James L ^h   Brinsfield, Russell B ⁱ   Staver, Kenneth W ⁱ   Lucas, William ^j   Todd, Albert H ^k  

^a SE Watershed Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c U States Dept Agric Agric R   (United States)

^d CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^g NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h USDA NRCS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^j Integrated Land Management Inc   (United States)

^k USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^l CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Nitrogen; Nonpoint source pollution; Phosphorus; Riparian forest buffers; Sediment

Indexed keywords

CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHEDS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT LOADINGS; RIPARIAN FOREST BUFFERS SYSTEM;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FORESTRY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOIL MECHANICS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATERSHEDS;

WATER QUALITY;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF;

FOREST BUFFER; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT LOADING; RIPARIAN FOREST; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; NUTRIENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; RESERVOIR; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

USA, CHESAPEAKE BAY;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0031239438     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002679900060     Document Type: Article

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