Designing impact assessments for evaluating ecological effects of agricultural conservation practices on streams

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 867-878

  Smiley Jr , Peter C ^a   Shields Jr , F Douglas ^b   Knight, Scott S ^b  

^a SOIL DRAINAGE RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^b USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural streams; Aquatic ecology; Conservation Effects Assessment Project; Conservation practices; Environmental impacts; Environmental sampling; Experimental design

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL STREAMS; AQUATIC ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT PROJECT; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN;

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; CONSERVATION; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; MONITORING; OCEAN HABITATS; SAMPLING; STATISTICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOTA; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; HABITAT CONSERVATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68749104890     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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