Livestock grazing management impacts on stream water quality: A review

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 591-606

  Agouridis, Carmen T ^a   Workman, Stephen R ^a   Warner, Richard C ^a   Jennings, Gregory D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Best management practices; Environmental impacts; Nonpoint source pollution; Sustainability; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; HYDRAULICS; POLLUTION; STREAM FLOW;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMP); CLIMATIC REGIONS; LIVESTOCK GRAZING MANAGEMENT; STREAM WATER QUALITY;

WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; HYDRAULICS; POLLUTION; RIVERS;

EID: 21744460864     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2005.tb03757.x     Document Type: Review

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