Landscape planning for agricultural nonpoint source pollution reduction I: A geographical allocation framework

Environmental Management

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 789-802

  Diebel, Matthew W ^a   Maxted, Jeffrey T ^a   Nowak, Peter J ^a   Vander Zanden, M Jake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonpoint source pollution; Prioritization; Riparian buffers; Statistical simulation; Threshold; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PRIORITIZATION; RIPARIAN BUFFERS; STATISTICAL SIMULATION; THRESHOLD;

AGGLOMERATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; SEDIMENTATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STRUCTURAL LOADS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BUFFER; PHOSPHORUS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRIORITIZATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LANDSCAPE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION CONTROL; STREAM (RIVER); WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PHOSPHORUS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WISCONSIN;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 54049100697     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9186-3     Document Type: Article

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