Impacts of land use change on freshwater runoff into the near-coastal zone, Holetown Watershed, Barbados: Comparisons of long-term to single-storm effects

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 584-592

  Leitch, Christopher ^a   Harbor, Jon ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural conversion; Coastal; Land use change; Long term impacts; Runoff

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERS; FLOOD; FRESHWATER INPUT; LAND USE CHANGE; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

BARBADOS;

ARUNDINARIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0033377279     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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