Contaminant retention potential of forested filter strips established as SMZs in the Piedmont of Georgia

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1564-1577

  Pinho, Alexandra P ^a   Morris, Lawrence A ^b   Jackson, C Rhett ^b   White, W James ^b   Bush, Parshall B ^b   Matos, Antônio T ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Herbicides; Nonpoint source pollution; Nutrients; Streamside management zones; Vegetated filter strips

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DISSOLUTION; FLOORS; GROUNDWATER; HERBICIDES; IMPURITIES; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; PEST CONTROL; PHOSPHORUS; PYRIDINE; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; WAVE FILTERS; WEED CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; ATRAZINE; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CONCENTRATION REDUCTIONS; DIFFERENT SLOPES; FOREST FLOOR REMOVALS; FOREST FLOORS; GEORGIA; INITIAL SOLUTIONS; MIXING ZONES; MOISTURE CONDITIONS; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; OVERLAND FLOWS; P RETENTIONS; PICLORAM; SOLUTION CONCENTRATIONS; STREAMSIDE MANAGEMENT ZONES; SURFACE FLOWS; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SURFACE SOILS; TOTAL DISSOLVED P; UNDISTURBED FORESTS; UNITED STATES; VEGETATED FILTER STRIPS; WATER PROTECTIONS; WET SEASONS;

WATER FILTRATION;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; FOREST FLOOR; HERBICIDE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOIL HORIZON;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57449097575     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00260.x     Document Type: Article

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