Quantifying the sensitivity of the riparian ecosystem management model (REMM) to changes in climate and buffer characteristics common to conservation practices

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1377-1387

  Graff, C D ^a,c   Sadeghi, A M ^a   Lowrance, R R ^b   Williams, R G ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffers; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; REMM; Sensitivity; Single variable

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT MODEL (REMM); SINGLE VARIABLE; SUBSURFACE WATER;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BUFFER ZONE; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; RIPARIAN ZONE;

EID: 26844474294     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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