Modeling the impacts of farming practices on water quality in the Little Miami River basin

Environmental Management

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 853-866

  Tong, Susanna T Y ^a   Naramngam, Sarawuth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

BASINS; Crop rotation; SWAT; Tillage practice; Water flow; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AMALGAMATED HYDROLOGIC EFFECTS; CORN-SOYBEAN ROTATION; SOIL WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL (SWAT); TILLAGE PRACTICE;

CATCHMENTS; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

CROPS;

AMMONIA; FERTILIZER; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; CROP ROTATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MODEL VALIDATION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PHOSPHORUS; PLOWING; RIVER FLOW; RIVER POLLUTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER QUALITY; ZERO TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CROP ROTATION; FARMING SYSTEM; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOYBEAN; TILLAGE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOSPHORUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SOYBEANS; TIME FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY; ZEA MAYS;

CROP ROTATION; RIVERS; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

LITTLE MIAMI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34248182385     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-006-0307-6     Document Type: Article

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