Impact of poultry litter application and land use on E. coli runoff from small agricultural watersheds

Biological Engineering Transactions

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-16

  Harmel, R D ^a   Wagner, K L ^b   Martin, E ^b   Gentry, T J ^b   Karthikeyan, R ^c   Dozier, M ^b,d   Coufal, C ^d  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Texas A M University   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal bacteria; Surface water; TMDL; Water quality; Watershed planning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; FECAL BACTERIA; RECOMMENDED PRACTICE; REGULATORY DECISIONS; TMDL; WATERSHED PLANNING;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAND USE; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84880681139     PISSN: 19342799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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