Sediment removal by prairie filter strips in row-cropped ephemeral watersheds

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1531-1539

  Helmers, Matthew J ^a   Zhou, Xiaobo ^a   Asbjornsen, Heidi ^b   Kolka, Randy ^c   Tomer, Mark D ^d   Cruse, Richard M ^e  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; BALANCED INCOMPLETE BLOCK DESIGN; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); DIFFERENT SIZES; EARLY GROWTH; FIELD CONDITIONS; GLYCINE MAX; NO-TILL; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENT LOSS; SEDIMENT REMOVAL; SEDIMENT TRAPPING; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SMALL WATERSHEDS; SOIL DISTURBANCES; WATERSHED AREAS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AMINO ACIDS; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN FIXATION; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTS;

GLYCINE; RAIN;

ARTICLE; BROMUS; CROP; CROPLAND; MAIZE; SEDIMENT; SOIL EROSION; SOYBEAN; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IOWA; RAIN;

BROMUS; BROMUS SECALINUS; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84869457553     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2011.0473     Document Type: Article

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