Ability of remnant riparian forests, with and without grass filters, to buffer concentrated surface runoff

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 311-322

  Knight, Kris W ^a   Schultz, Richard C ^a   Mabry, Cathy M ^a   Isenhart, Thomas M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Concentrated surface runoff; Erosion; Riparian ecology; Rivers streams; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; BUFFERING CAPACITIES; CONCENTRATED FLOW; CONSERVATION BUFFERS; CONSERVATION PRACTICES; CROP FIELDS; EFFECTIVE TOOL; GRASS FILTERS; IN-FIELD; MISSOURIS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POTENTIAL SOURCES; REMNANT FORESTS; RIPARIAN ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN FORESTS; RIVERS/STREAMS; SECOND ORDERS; SEDIMENT LOSS; SURFACE RUNOFFS;

EROSION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BUFFER ZONE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONTROL SYSTEM; FILTER; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIPARIAN FOREST; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STREAMWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ECOLOGY; EROSION; FORESTRY; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; TRANSPORT; WATER QUALITY;

MIDWEST; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051475366     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2010.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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