Land Management Alternatives in the Lake Erie Drainage Basin.

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that diffuse sources of phosphorus must be managed if the trophic status of Lake Erie is to be reduced (LEWMS, 1975, 1979). Agriculture, in particular, cropland, is a predominant land use and contributor of diffuse source sediment and associated phosphorus to Lake Erie. This paper examines the values of potential gross erosion for six land management alternatives with special interest in present cropping practices, popular and common practices, and other alternatives which show promise for reducing sediment and phosphorus inputs. This report first describes the land management alternatives under consideration followed by the method employed in computing values of potential gross erosion. Finally, the potential gross erosion values of several watersheds will be examined. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA079639

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Army Corps of Engineers

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Agriculture
  • Army
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Delaware
  • Drainage Basins
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Erosion
  • Lake Erie
  • Lakes
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Sampling
  • Soils
  • United States
  • Water Quality

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.