A design aid for determining width of filter strips

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 232-241

  Dosskey, Michael G ^a   Helmers, Matthew J ^b   Eisenhauer, Dean E ^c  

^a USDA National Agroforestry Center   (United States)

^b Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Models; Nonpoint source pollution; Surface runoff; Vegetative buffers; Water quality; Watershed planning

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ESTIMATION METHOD; FILTRATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANNING METHOD; RUNOFF; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 57149092660     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.63.4.232     Document Type: Article

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