Nutrient removal by prairie filter strips in agricultural landscapes

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-64

  Zhou, X ^a   Helmers, M J ^b   Asbjornsen, H ^c   Kolka, R ^d   Tomer, M D ^e   Cruse, R M ^b  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrient loss; Reconstructed prairie; Row crop; Vegetative filter strips

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILTER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; PHOSPHORUS; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EPIRUS; GREECE; IOANNINA;

EID: 84893142224     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.69.1.54     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Alexander, R.B., R.A. Smith, G.E. Schwarz, E.W. Boyer, J.V. Nolan, and J.W. Brakebill. 2008. Differences in phosphorus and nitrogen delivery to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River Basin. Environmental Science & Technology 42:822-830.
2. Baker, J.L., M.J. Helmers, and J.M. Laflen. 2006. Water management practices: Rain-fed cropland. In Environmental benefits of conservation on cropland: the status of our knowledge, ed. M. Schnepf and C. Craig, 89-130. Ankeny, IA: Soil and Water Conservation Society.
3. Blanco-Canqui, H., C.J. Gantzer, and S.H. Anderson. 2006. Performance of grass barriers and filter strips under interrill and concentrated flow. Journal of Environmental Quality 35:1969-1974.
4. Conley, D.J., J. Carstensen, R. Vaquer-Sunyer, and C.M. Duarte. 2009. Ecosystem thresholds with hypoxia. Hydrobiologia 629:21-29.
5. Core Writing Team. 2007. Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, ed. R.K. Pachauri and A. Reisinger, Geneva, Switzerland: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
6. Deelstra, J., K. Abramenko, N. Vagstad, and V. Jansons. 2005. Scale issues, hydrological pathways, and nitrogen runoff from agriculture - results from the Mellupite catchment, Latvia. In Proceedings of the 3rd International SWAT Conference, Zürich, Switzerland, July 11-15, 2005,390-397.
7. Dillaha, T.A., R.B. Reneau, S. Mostaghimi, and D. Lee. 1989. Vegetative filter strips for agricultural nonpoint source pollution-control. Transactions of the American Society of Association Executives 32:513-519.
8. Dosskey, M.G., M.J. Helmers, D.E. Eisenhauer, T.G. Franti, and K.D. Hoagland. 2002. Assessment of concentrated flow through riparian buffers. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 57:336-343.
9. Dosskey, M.G., P. Vidon, N.P. Gurwick, C.J. Allan, T.P. Duval, and R. Lowrance. 2010. The role of riparian vegetation in protecting and improving chemical water quality in streams. Journal of American Water Resource Association 46:261-277.
10. Duchemin, M., and R. Hogue. 2009. Reduction in agricultural non-point source pollution in the first year following establishment of an integrated grass/tree filter strip system in southern Quebec, Canada. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 131:85-97.
11. Helmers, M.J., D. Eisenhauer, M.G. Dosskey, T.G. Franti, J.M. Brothers, and M.C. McCullough. 2005. Flow pathways and sediment trapping in a field-scale vegetative filter. Transactions of the American Society of Association Executives 48:955-968.
12. Helmers, M.J., X. Zhou, H. Asbjornsen, R. Kolka, M.D. Tomer, and R.M. Cruse. 2012. Sediment removal by perennial filter strips in row-cropped ephemeral watersheds. Journal of Environmental Quality 41:1531-1539.
13. Hernandez-Santana, V., X. Zhou, M.J. Helmers, H. Asbjornsen, R. Kolka, and M. Tomer. 2013. Native prairie filter strips reduce runoff from hillslopes under annual row-crop systems in Iowa, USA. Journal of Hydrology 477: 94-103.
14. Hirsh, S.M., C.M. Mabry, L.A. Schulte, and M. Liebman. 2013. Diversifying agricultural catchments by incorporating tallgrass prairie buffer strips. Ecological Restoration 31: 201-211.
15. Isbell, F., V. Calcagno, A. Hector, J. Connolly, W.S. Harpole, P.B. Reich, M. Scherer-Lorenzen, B. Schmid, D. Tilman, J. van Ruijven, A. Weigelt, B.J. Wilsey, E.S. Zavaleta, and M. Loreau. 2011. High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services. Nature 477:199-202.
16. Lee, K.H., T.M. Isenhart, and R.C. Schultz. 2003. Sediment and nutrient removal in an established multi-species riparian buffer. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 58:1-7.
17. Liu, X., X. Zhang, and M. Zhang. 2008. Major factors influencing the efficacy of vegetated buffers on sediment trapping: a review and analysis. Journal of Environmental Quality 37:1667-1674.
18. McKergow, L.A., D.M. Weaver, I.P. Prosser, R.B. Grayson, and A.E.G. Reed. 2003. Before and after riparian management: sediment and nutrient exports from a small catchment, Western Australia. Journal of Hydrology 270:253-272.
19. Mendez, A., T.A. Dillaha, and S. Mostaghimi. 1999. Sediment and nitrogen transport in grass filter strips. Journal of American Water Resource Association 35:867-875.
20. Nord, E.A., and L.E. Lyon. 2003. Managing material transfer and nutrient flow in an agricultural watershed. Journal of Environmental Quality 32:562-570.
21. Parn, J., G. Pinay, and U. Mander. 2012. Indicators of nutrients transport from agricultural catchments under temperate climate: A review. Ecological Indicators 22:4-15.
22. Patty, L., B. Real, and J.J. Gril. 1997. The use of grassed buffer strips to remove pesticides, nitrate and soluble phosphorus compounds from runoff water. Pesticide Science 49:243-251.
23. SAS Institute, 2003. The SAS system for Windows. Version 9.1. Cary, NC: SAS Institute
24. Schilling, K.E., and J. Spooner. 2006. Effects of watershed-scale land use change on stream nitrate concentrations. Journal of Environmental Quality 35:2132-2145.
25. Schultz, R.C., J.P. Colletti, T.M. Isenhart, W.W. Simpkins, C.W. Mize, and M.L. Thompson. 1995. Design and placement of a multi-species riparian buffer strip system. Agroforestry Systems 29:201-226.
26. Science Advisory Board. 2008. Hypoxia in the northern gulf of Mexico: An update by the EPA. Science Advisory Board. EPASAB-08-003. Washington DC: Environment Protection Agency
27. Tomer, M.D., K.E. Schilling, C.A. Cambardella, P. Jacobson, and P. Drobney. 2010a. Groundwater nutrient concentrations during prairie reconstruction on an Iowa landscape. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 139:206-213.
28. Tomer, M.D., C.G. Wilson, T.B. Moorman, K.J. Cole, D. Heer, and T.M. Isenhart. 2010b. Source-pathway separation of multiple contaminants during a rainfall-runoff event in an artificially drained agricultural watershed. Journal of Environmental Quality 39:882-895.
29. Turner, R.E., N.N. Rabalais, R.B. Alexander, G. McIsaac, and R.W. Howarth. 2007. Characterization of nutrient, organic carbon, and sediment loads and concentrations from the Mississippi River into the northern Gulf of Mexico. Estuaries and Coasts 30:773-790.
30. Udawatta, R.P., J.J. Krstansky, G.S. Henderson, and H.E. Garrett. 2002. Agroforestry practices, runoff, and nutrient loss: A paired watershed comparison. Journal of Environmental Quality 31:1214-1225.
31. Udawatta, R.P., P.P. Motavalli, and H.E. Garrett. 2006. Nitrogen losses in runoff from three adjacent agricultural watersheds with claypan soils. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 117:39-48.
32. Udawatta, R.P., H.E. Garrett, and R. Kallenbach. 2011. Agroforestry buffers for nonpoint source pollution reductions from agricultural watersheds. Journal of Environmental Quality 40:800-806.
33. Verstraeten, G., J. Poesen, K. Gillijns, and G. Govers. 2006. The use of riparian vegetated filter strips to reduce river sediment loads: an overestimated control measure? Hydrological Processes 20:4259-4267.
34. Walkowiak, D.K. 2006. ISCO open channel flow measurement handbook. Lincoln, NE: Teledyne ISCO.
35. Zhang, X., X. Liu, M. Zhang, A.D. Randy, and M. Eitzel. 2010. A review of vegetated buffers and a meta-analysis of their mitigation efficacy in reducing nonpoint source pollution. Journal of Environmental Quality 39:76-84.
36. Zhou, X., M.J. Helmers, H. Asbjornsen, R. Kolka, and M.D. Tomer. 2010. Perennial filter strips reduce nitrate levels in soil and shallow groundwater after grassland-to-cropland conversion. Journal of Environmental Quality 39:2006-2015.