Water quality functions of a 15-year-old riparian forest buffer system

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 299-310

  Denis Newbold, J ^a   Herbert, Susan ^a   Sweeney, Bernard W ^a   Kiry, Paul ^b   Alberts, Stephen J ^c,d  

^a STROUD WATER RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MWH AMERICAS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Nonpoint source pollution; Nutrients; Riparian forest buffer

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CANOPY COVER; GRASS FILTER STRIP; MASS BALANCE ESTIMATES; NET EFFECT; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE REMOVAL; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; OVERLAND FLOW; PAIRED WATERSHEDS; PARTICULATE PHOSPHORUS; PENNSYLVANIA; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; REFERENCE STREAMS; RIPARIAN FORESTS; ROW CROP; SEDIMENT REMOVAL; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; STREAM HABITATS; STREAM WATER; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TREE GROWTH; WIRE MESHES; WOODY VEGETATION;

GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; POLYPROPYLENES; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; BASAL AREA; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BUFFER ZONE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEER; FILTER; GROWTH REGULATOR; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NITRATE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REFORESTATION; RIPARIAN FOREST; STREAMWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; POLYPROPYLENE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SHEDS;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE;

EID: 78049248645     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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