Impact of Shrub Willow (Salix spp.) as a Potential Bioenergy Feedstock on Water Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 228, Issue 4, 2017, Pages

  Bressler, Alison S ^a,b   Vidon, Philippe G ^a   Volk, Timothy A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas emission; Nutrient cycling; US Northeast; Willow; Woody biomass

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLAY PRODUCTS; FEEDSTOCKS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; PHASE INTERFACES; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER QUALITY;

HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; WATER TABLE DEPTHS; WILLOW; WOODY BIOMASS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SHRUB; SOIL WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPLAND; ENERGY CROP; HAY; LAND USE; MAIZE; NEW YORK; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE; WILLOW;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

SALIX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85017215280     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-017-3350-4     Document Type: Article

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