Effectiveness of vegetative filter strips in reducing pesticide loading: Quantifying pesticide trapping efficiency

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 762-771

  Sabbagh, G J ^a,d   Fox, G A ^b   Kamanzi, A ^c,e   Roepke, B ^c,d   Tang, J Z ^c,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c COMSYS ^*

^d BAYER CORPORATION   (United States)

^e Bayer CropScience and Texas A and M Univ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SPECIFICS; CLAY CONTENTS; DATA-SETS; EMPIRICAL EQUATIONS; EMPIRICAL MODELS; HYDROLOGIC SIMULATION MODELS; INDEPENDENT MODELS; PHASE DISTRIBUTIONS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RUN-OFF VOLUMES; SEDIMENT REDUCTIONS; SOIL PROPERTIES; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; STRIP-WIDTHS; TRAPPING EFFICIENCIES; VEGETATED FILTER STRIPS; VEGETATIVE FILTER STRIPS;

CLAY MINERALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DISSOLUTION; PESTICIDES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

PESTICIDE; RUNOFF;

ARTICLE; CLAY; HYDROLOGY; MASS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION;

MODELS, CHEMICAL; PESTICIDES; PLANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 58349121897     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0266     Document Type: Article

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