Phosphorus retention and remobilization in vegetated buffer strips: A review

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 389-399

  Roberts, William M ^a,b   Stutter, Marc I ^b   Haygarth, Philip M ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BUFFER STRIP; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; KEY PROCESS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NATIVE SOIL; PHOSPHORUS RETENTION; REMOBILIZATION; SOLUBLE P; SURFACE LAYERS; VEGETATED BUFFER STRIPS;

EUTROPHICATION; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATERS;

SOILS;

IRON; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORUS; POLYPHOSPHATE; SURFACE WATER;

ABSORPTION; ACHILLEA; AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CASTELLANA; ALFALFA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BROMUS; BROMUS INERMIS; COLORIMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DANDELION; DESORPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FESCUE; FESTUCA PRATENSIS; FLOW RATE; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS TILIACEUS; LEACHING; LEERSIA ORYZOIDES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SOIL; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOLUBILITY; TILLAGE; VEGETATED BUFFER STRIP; VEGETATION; WHITE CLOVER;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS;

EID: 84858605678     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0543     Document Type: Review

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