Sediment-bound and dissolved carbon concentration and transport from a small pastured watershed

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 162-166

  Owens, Lloyd B ^a   Shipitalo, Martin J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Sediment loss; Surface runoff; Vegetative cover

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; BACTERIUM; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATTLE; FARMING SYSTEM; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWING SEASON; LAND USE CHANGE; ORGANIC CARBON; PASTURE; RIVER; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOIL DEPTH; STREAM; VEGETATION COVER;

COSHOCTON; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79954634200     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.02.026     Document Type: Article

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