Assessing sediment yield for selected watersheds in the laurentian great lakes basin under future agricultural scenarios

Environmental Management

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-69

  Shao, Yang ^a   Lunetta, Ross S ^b   MacPherson, Alexander J ^b   Luo, Junyan ^c   Chen, Guo ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cropland change; Sediment yield; Stream flow; SWAT model

Indexed keywords

BASE-LINE CONDITIONS; CORN FIELDS; CORN PLANTING; CROP ROTATION; CROPLAND CHANGE; HIGH DEMAND; LAURENTIAN GREAT LAKES; MODEL EFFICIENCY; MODELING ENVIRONMENTS; POSSIBLE FUTURES; ROW CROP; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SWAT MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; ETHANOL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GIS; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; REMOTE SENSING; SEDIMENT YIELD; STREAMFLOW; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAKE SEDIMENT; NORTH AMERICA; REMOTE SENSING; STREAM (RIVER); WATER FLOW; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

GREAT LAKES BASIN; PESHTIGO RIVER; SAINT JOSEPH RIVER; SAINT MARYS RIVER; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84871732476     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-012-9903-9     Document Type: Article

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