Nutrient removal effectiveness by riparian buffer zones in rural temperate watersheds: The impact of no-till crops practices

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 149, Issue , 2015, Pages 74-80

  Aguiar, T R ^a,b,c   Rasera, K ^a   Parron, L M ^c   Brito, A G ^b   Ferreira, M T ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; No till systems; Nutrients; Phosphorus; Temperate climate zones; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; NO-TILL; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; RIPARIAN BUFFER ZONES; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

NUTRIENTS;

BUFFER ZONE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; ROOTING; RURAL AREA; SHRUB; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED; ZERO TILLAGE;

EID: 84910595638     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2014.10.031     Document Type: Article

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