Effects of Best Management Practices on forest streamwater quality in eastern Kentucky

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 481-495

  Arthur, M A ^a   Coltharp, G B ^a   Brown, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer strip; Forest hydrology; Nonpoint source pollution; Nutrient flux; Silvicultural management; Streamflow; Suspended sediment; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

EROSION; HYDROLOGY; LOGGING (FORESTRY); NITRATES; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

WATERSHEDS;

LOGGING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE;

EID: 0032103303     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1998.tb00948.x     Document Type: Article

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