Comparison of indexes for prioritizing placement of water quality buffers in agricultural watersheds

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 662-671

  Dosskey, Michael G ^a   Qiu, Zeyuan ^b  

^a USDA National Agroforestry Center   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Filter strip; Nonpoint pollution; Riparian buffer; Soil survey; Targeting; Terrain analysis; Topographic Index; Vegetative buffer; Wetness Index

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; FILTER STRIP; NONPOINT POLLUTIONS; RIPARIAN BUFFERS; TARGETING; TERRAIN ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC INDEX; VEGETATIVE BUFFER; WETNESS INDEX;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CONSERVATION; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SOIL SURVEYS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFILTRATION; MITIGATION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RIPARIAN ZONE; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRAP; SHALLOW WATER; SOIL SURVEY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TRAPPING; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WETTABILITY;

NESHANIC BASIN; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79960727263     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00532.x     Document Type: Article

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