A review of effectiveness of vegetative buffers on sediment trapping in agricultural areas

Ecohydrology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 321-336

  Yuan, Yongping ^a   Bingner, Ronald L ^b   Locke, Martin A ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS Watershed Physical Processes and Water Quality and Ecology Research Unit   (United States)

^c USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grass buffer strips; Grass hedges; Nonpoint source pollution; Riparian buffers; Runoff; Sediment trapping efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BUFFER STRIP; FOREST BUFFER; MONITORING PROGRAMS; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION CONTROL; RESTORATION AND DESIGN; RIPARIAN BUFFERS; RUNOFF SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT REDUCTION; SEDIMENT TRAPPING; VEGETATION TYPE; WATERBODIES; WATERSHED MODELS; WATERSHED SCALE;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; FENCES; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; QUALITY CONTROL; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BUFFER ZONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HEDGEROW; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SEDIMENT TRAP; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 77949880221     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.82     Document Type: Article

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