Influence of herbaceous riparian buffers on physical habitat, water chemistry, and stream communities within channelized agricultural headwater streams

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1314-1323

  Smiley Jr , Peter C ^a   King, Kevin W ^a   Fausey, Norman R ^a  

^a SOIL DRAINAGE RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Amphibians; Conservation practices; Filter strip; Fishes; Headwater streams

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION; AGRICULTURAL STREAMS; AMPHIBIANS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; FILTER STRIP; GRASS FILTER STRIP; HEADWATER STREAM; IMPLEMENTATION DESIGN; IN-STREAM HABITATS; PHYSICAL HABITAT; RIPARIAN BUFFERS; RIPARIAN HABITATS; SAMPLING PERIOD; SEDIMENT LOADING; SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE; STREAM COMMUNITIES; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AGRICULTURE; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CONSERVATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; PESTICIDES; TURBIDITY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AMPHIBIAN; BUFFER ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; HEADWATER; HERB; INSECTIVORE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; CYPRINIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 79959919072     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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