Major factors influencing the efficacy of vegetated buffers on sediment trapping: A review and analysis

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1667-1674

  Liu, Xingmei ^a   Zhang, Xuyang ^c   Zhang, Minghua ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EROSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WAVE FILTERS;

AREA RATIOS; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; GRASSED WATERWAYS; LIMITED DATA; META-ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN BUFFERS; SEDIMENT TRAPPING; STATISTICAL MODELLING; VEGETATIVE FILTER STRIPS; WATER BODIES;

SEDIMENTATION;

RAIN;

AGRICULTURE; BIOFILTER; FLOW MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOIL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VEGETATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PLANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 51849139971     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0437     Document Type: Review

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