Assessing effects of small dams on stream flow and water quality in an agricultural watershed

Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Liu, Yongbo ^a,b   Yang, Wanhong ^a   Yu, Zhiqiang ^b   Lung, Ivana ^a   Yarotski, Jim ^c   Elliott, Jane ^d   Tiessen, Kevin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Small dam; Soil and water assessment tool (SWAT); South Tobacco Creek; Stream flow; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DAMS; FLOODS; LAND USE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; REDUCTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; TOBACCO; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; RELATIVE REDUCTION; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SIMULATION MODULES; SMALL DAMS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOUTH TOBACCO CREEK;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ASSESSMENT METHOD; DAM; DEPOSITION; FLOODING; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PEAK FLOW; RESERVOIR; STREAMFLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CANADA; MANITOBA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84924873526     PISSN: 10840699     EISSN: 19435584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001005     Document Type: Article

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