Modeling the effects of riparian buffer zone and contour strips on stream water quality

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1167-1177

  Sahu, Mahesh ^a   Gu, Roy R ^a,b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Buffer strip; Contour strip; Modeling; NO3 N; SWAT; Water quality; Watershed

Indexed keywords

BUFFER STRIP; CONTOUR STRIP; MODELING; NO3-N; SWAT;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROPS; LANDFORMS; RAIN; REDUCTION; RIVERS; ROUTING ALGORITHMS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BUFFER ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HILLSLOPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERENNIAL PLANT; RIPARIAN ZONE; SHEET FLOW; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

JUGLANS; PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 67649400413     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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