Effects of a managed three Zone Riparian buffer system on shallow groundwater quality in the southeastern coastal plain

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 212-220

  Lowrance, Richard ^a   Hubbard, Robert K ^a   Williams, Randall G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural water quality; Ground water nitrate concentrations; Managed buffers; Riparian forest buffers

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; TRANSPORT KINETICS; TREE HARVESTING; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

BUFFER ZONE; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; RIPARIAN FOREST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0033871794     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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