Runoff and dissolved organic carbon loss from a paired-watershed study of three adjacent agricultural Watersheds

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 130, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 115-122

  Veum, Kristen S ^a   Goyne, Keith W ^a   Motavalli, Peter P ^a   Udawatta, Ranjith P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Agroforestry buffers; Dissolved organic carbon; Grass buffers; Paired watershed; Runoff

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROFORESTRY; CROP ROTATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; RUNOFF; WATERSHED;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 60249098693     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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