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Performance of grass barriers and filter strips under interrill and concentrated flow
Author(s): H. Blanco-Canqui, C. J. Gantzer and S. H. Anderson
Month: Nov-Dec
Year: 2006
Journal: Journal of Environmental Quality
Volume: 35
Issue: 6
Pages: 1969-1974
Article Topic(s): Disturbance,Restoration
Research Setting(s): Agricultural
Species Referenced: Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass),
Abstract
The effectiveness of Festuca arundinacea filter strips on reducing sediment and nutrient movement on slopes was slightly greater (80% vs. 72%) under sheet flow (interrill flow) conditions than under concentrated flow conditions 0.7 m below filter strips. When Panicum virgatum barriers were used upslope from F. arundinacea filter strips, sediment and nutrient erosion were reduced equally well under both flow conditions resulting in 99% reduction in sediment movement and 70% reduction in nutrient movement at 8 m.Suggested Citation
H. Blanco-Canqui, C. J. Gantzer and S. H. Anderson. "Performance of grass barriers and filter strips under interrill and concentrated flow." Journal of Environmental Quality 35.6 (2006): 1969-1974.Go back