Precision riparian buffers for the control of nonpoint source pollutant loading into surface water: A review

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 129-144

  Polyakov, Viktor ^a   Fares, Ali ^a   Ryder, Micah H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Precision conservation; Riparian buffer; Vegetative filter; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; PERFORMANCE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; RIPERIAN BUFFERS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; GROUND WATER; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 27744603505     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/a05-010     Document Type: Review

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