Buffers for biomass production in temperate European agriculture: A review and synthesis on function, ecosystem services and implementation

B Christen, T Dalgaard - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2013 - Elsevier
Buffer strips on agricultural land have been shown to protect surface water quality by
reducing erosion and diffuse pollution. They can also play a key role in nature conservation …

Riparian land-use impacts on stream bank and gully erosion in agricultural watersheds: What we have learned

GN Zaimes, M Tufekcioglu, RC Schultz - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Stream bank and gully erosion are major sources of nonpoint source pollutants, especially
in landscapes dominated by agriculture. Implementation of upland conservation practices in …

Impact of land-use/land-cover and landscape pattern on seasonal in-stream water quality in small watersheds

F Zhang, Y Chen, W Wang, CY Jim, Z Zhang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in land use land cover (LULC) and landscape pattern in arid areas can
considerably impact water quality in small watersheds. Exploring the associations between …

Land use changes and socio-economic development strongly deteriorate river ecosystem health in one of the largest basins in China

X Cheng, L Chen, R Sun, P Kong - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
It is important to assess river ecosystem health in large-scale basins when considering the
complex influence of anthropogenic activities on these ecosystems. This study investigated …

Nutrient Inputs to the Laurentian Great Lakes by Source and Watershed Estimated Using SPARROW Watershed Models1

DM Robertson, DA Saad - JAWRA Journal of the American …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Robertson, Dale M. and David A. Saad, 2011. Nutrient Inputs to the Laurentian Great Lakes
by Source and Watershed Estimated Using SPARROW Watershed Models. Journal of the …

SPARROW models used to understand nutrient sources in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin

DM Robertson, DA Saad - Journal of Environmental Quality, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) loading from the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin
(MARB) has been linked to hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. To describe where and from what …

Spatial optimization of six conservation practices using swat in tile‐drained agricultural watersheds

MM Kalcic, J Frankenberger… - JAWRA Journal of the …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Targeting of agricultural conservation practices to the most effective locations in a watershed
can promote wise use of conservation funds to protect surface waters from agricultural …

Incorporating Uncertainty Into the Ranking of SPARROW Model Nutrient Yields From Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin Watersheds1

DM Robertson, GE Schwarz, DA Saad… - JAWRA Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Excessive loads of nutrients transported by tributary rivers have been linked to hypoxia in
the Gulf of Mexico. Management efforts to reduce the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico and …

The role of macroinvertebrates for conservation of freshwater systems

C Nieto, XMC Ovando, R Loyola… - Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater ecosystems are the most threatened ecosystems worldwide. Argentinian‐
protected areas have been established mainly to protect vertebrates and plants in terrestrial …

Effects of riparian buffers on nitrate concentrations in watershed discharges: new models and management implications

DE Weller, ME Baker, TE Jordan - Ecological Applications, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Watershed analyses of nutrient removal in riparian buffers have been limited by the
geographic methods used to map buffers and by the statistical models used to test and …