The Contribution of Conservation Practices in Reducing Runoff, Soil Loss, and Transport of Nutrients at the Watershed Level

Water Resources Management

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3831-3852

  Rocha, Everton Oliveira ^a   Calijuri, Maria Lúcia ^a   Santiago, Aníbal Fonseca ^a   de Assis, Leonardo Campos ^a   Alves, Luna Gripp Simões ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hydrological modeling; Nutrient loss; Runoff; Sediment yield; SWAT

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RUNOFF; CONSERVATION PRACTICES; CRITICAL AREA; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE PLANNING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MODEL PARAMETERS; NUTRIENT LOSS; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOIL LOSS; SWAT; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER INFILTRATION; WATERSHED LEVELS;

LAND USE; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; INFILTRATION; LAND USE PLANNING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SOIL EROSION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84866131805     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-012-0106-1     Document Type: Article

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