Riparian buffer width and nitrate removal in a lagoon-effluent irrigated agricultural area

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 273-281

  Smith, Tim A ^a   Osmond, Deanna L ^a   Gilliam, J Wendell ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Nitrate nitrogen; Riparian buffer; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BUFFER ZONE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GROUNDWATER; NITRATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

BOS;

EID: 34248164053     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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