Sediment and nitrogen transport in grass filter strips

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 867-875

  Mendez, Aida ^a   Dillaha, Theo A ^b   Mostaghimi, Saied ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Buffer strips; Monitoring; Nonpoint source pollution; Surface runoff pollution; Vegetative filter strips; Water quality

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; RUNOFF; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BUFFER STRIPS; GRASS FILTER STRIPS; NITROGEN TRANSPORT; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SURFACE RUNOFF POLLUTION; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; VEGETATIVE FILTER STRIPS;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

FILTER; GRASS; NITROGEN; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

EID: 0033179024     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1999.tb04180.x     Document Type: Article

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