Effect of replacing surface inlets with blind or gravel inlets on sediment and phosphorus subsurface drainage losses

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 594-604

  Feyereisen, Gary W ^a   Francesconi, Wendy ^b   Smith, Douglas R ^a   Papiernik, Sharon K ^c   Krueger, Erik S ^d   Wente, Christopher D ^e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)   (Peru)

^c NORTH CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CULTIVATION; DRAINAGE; EFFLUENTS; GRAVEL; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

PAIRED COMPARISON; SNOW-MELT SEASON; SOLUBLE REACTIVE P; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGES; SUBSURFACE TILE DRAINAGE; TOTAL SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TSS CONCENTRATION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

INLET FLOW;

PHOSPHORUS; WATER;

ARTICLE; BLIND SEDIMENT INLET; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GRAVEL SEDIMENT INLET; GROWING SEASON; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

EID: 84925387396     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.05.0219     Document Type: Article

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