A simulation experiment on the effectiveness of tree and pasture filter strips to remove NO3-N in lateral soil water flow

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2145-2154

  Wang, L ^b   Duggin, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b SHANXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW SIMULATION; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER FILTRATION; WAVE FILTERS;

AGRICULTURAL LANDS; AVERAGE RATES; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENTS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; GLASSHOUSE EXPERIMENTS; INLAND WATERS; LATERAL MOVEMENTS; N REMOVALS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTANTS; SHALLOW SOILS; SIMULATION EXPERIMENTS; SOIL HORIZONS; SOIL SOLUTIONS; SOIL WATER FLOWS; SOIL WATERS; VEGETATIVE FILTER STRIPS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

NITRIC OXIDE; SOIL WATER;

ARTICLE; CASUARINA CUNNINGHAMIANA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; FILTRATION; PASTURE; PLOTS AND CURVES; SIMULATION; TREE; WATER FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILTRATION; NITRATES; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

AGRICULTURE; CASUARINA; ECOSYSTEMS; EUCALYPTUS ROSTRATA; FILTRATION; MAGNESIUM; POLLUTION; PRINTING PLATES; SOIL; WATER;

CASUARINA CUNNINGHAMIANA; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS;

EID: 57049135644     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0084     Document Type: Article

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