Evaluating cover crops (sudex, sunn hemp, oats) for use as vegetative filters to control sediment and nutrient loading from agricultural runoff in a Hawaiian watershed

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 640-653

  Ryder, M H ^a   Fares, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffer strips; Erosion; Land covers; Total dissolved solids; Total suspended solids; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); NUTRIENTS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS;

BUFFER STRIPS; LAND COVERS; TOTAL DISSOLVED SOLIDS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CROPS;

CROPS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); NUTRIENTS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COVER CROP; EROSION; ISLAND; LAND COVER; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED LOAD; WATERSHED;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; KAIKA-WAIALUA WATERSHED; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; CANNABIS; CROTALARIA; CROTALARIA JUNCEA; SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM X DRUMMONDII;

EID: 44049090922     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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