Managing variable source pollution in agricultural watersheds

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 115-122

  Qiu, Zeyuan ^a   Walter, M Todd ^b   Hall, Christine ^c  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonpoint source pollution; Precision conservation; Targeting; Variable source area hydrology; Variable source pollution

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; INFILTRATION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; OVERLAND FLOW; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 35948953663     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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