Performance of grass and eucalyptus riparian buffers in a pasture catchment, Western Australia, part 2: Water quality

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2327-2346

  McKergow, Lucy A ^a,b,c   Prosser, Ian P ^b   Weaver, David M ^d   Grayson, Rodger B ^a   Reed, Adrian E G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus globulus; Grass buffer; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Riparian buffers; Sediment; Tree buffer; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; HARDWOODS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE WATERS;

GRASS BUFFER; RIPARIAN BUFFERS; TREE BUFFER;

WATER QUALITY;

CATCHMENTS; HARDWOODS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

CATCHMENT; EVERGREEN TREE; GRASS; NITROGEN; PASTURE; PHOSPHORUS; RIPARIAN ZONE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; GRASSES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 33745894137     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6054     Document Type: Article

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