Pathogens present in animal fecal deposits excreted to land undergo a poorly defined
process of dispersion, transport or attenuation, and inactivation. The transport of pathogens …

A relatively large number of studies have investigated the effectiveness of vegetated buffer
strips at reducing the movement of pesticides and nutrients from agriculture fields. This …

This book describes the underlying water conditions and geologies that support viable
riparia, illustrates the ecological characteristics of riparia, and discusses how riparia are …

The Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that wetlands be protected from degradation because
of their important ecological functions including maintenance of high water quality and …

Addition of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) barriers to vegetative filter strips (FS) shows
potential as conservation practice. This study evaluates the comparative effectiveness of …

Blooms of cyanobacteria (Microcystis aeruginosa) are becoming increasingly recurrent in
the A Baxe dam reservoir (Galícia, Northern Spain) as a result of increasing levels of …

Buffer strips (BSs) are strips interposed between fields and streams that intercept and treat
the waters leaving cropland, and so are a useful tool for reducing agricultural diffuse …

Buffer strips are an efficient and economical way to reduce agricultural nonpoint source
pollution. Local researches are necessary to gain information on buffer performance, with …

Grassed waterways (GWWs) drain surface runoff from fields without gullying along the
drainageway. Secondary functions include reducing runoff volume and velocity and …

Water‐extractable P (WEP) in manure is increasingly used as an environmental indicator as
it is correlated with P in runoff from soils recently amended with manure. Little information …