Land Use: Catchment Management

Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 98-113

  Melland, A R ^a   Jordan, P ^b   Murphy, P N C ^c   Mellander, P E ^d   Buckley, C ^e   Shortle, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^e Teagasc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Best management practices (BMP); Catchment; Conservation; Erosion; Lag time; Mitigation measures; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Suspended sediment; Water quality; Watershed

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927922596     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52512-3.00077-2     Document Type: Chapter

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