Watershed-Scale Simulation of Sediment and Nutrient Loads in Georgia Coastal Plain Streams Using the Annualized AGNPS Model

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1325-1335

  Suttles, J B ^a   Vellidis, G ^a   Bosch, D D ^c   Lowrance, R ^c   Sheridan, J M ^c   Usery, E L ^b  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

AGNPS; Coastal plain; Geographical information systems; Hydrologic modeling; Modeling; Nonpoint source pollution; Nutrients; Sediment; TMDL; Water quality; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

FOREST LAND; NUTRIENT LOADS;

SEDIMENTS;

GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATERSHED;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BOS TAURUS; RIPARIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1042290881     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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