Effects of hydrodynamically rough grassed waterways on dissolved reactive phosphorus loads coming from agricultural watersheds

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 548-559

  Fiener, P ^a   Auerswald, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; BARE SOILS; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; COVER TYPES; DISSOLVED REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; GRASS COVERS; GRASSED AREAS; GRASSED WATERWAYS; IN FIELDS; RAINFALL SIMULATIONS; SEDIMENT LOADS; SOIL SURFACES; SURFACE RUNOFFS; THROUGHFALL;

CROPS; DISSOLUTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LANDFORMS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS);

PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CROP; CROPPING SYSTEM; GRASS; GRASSED WATERWAY; LANDSCAPING; PRECIPITATION; SEDIMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; FRESH WATER; PHOSPHORUS; POACEAE; RAIN; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 63449089442     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0525     Document Type: Article

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