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- Title
Effects of Riparian Buffer Vegetation and Width: A 12-Year Longitudinal Study.
- Authors
King, S. E.; Osmond, D. L.; Smith, J.; Burchell, M. R.; Dukes, M.; Evans, R. O.; Knies, S.; Kunickis, S.
- Abstract
The article analyzes the long-term effectiveness of riparian buffer zones designed to reduce groundwater nitrate from agriculture. Topics include the testing of vegetation types including trees, switchgrass, fescue, native plants, and a control buffer; the impact of buffer types and widths on dissolved organic carbon (DOC) as well as groundwater nitrates; and the results of the study in the middle coastal plain of North Carolina.
- Subjects
NORTH Carolina; RIPARIAN areas management; BUFFER zones (Ecosystem management); NITRATES -- Reduction; RIPARIAN ecology; RIPARIAN plants; CARBON compounds; GROUNDWATER pollution; PREVENTION
- Publication
Journal of Environmental Quality, 2016, Vol 45, Issue 4, p1243
- ISSN
0047-2425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2134/jeq2015.06.0321