Soil erosion is a complex dynamic process by which productive surface soils are detached, transported and accumulated in a distant place resulting in exposure of subsurface soil and sedimentation downstream. Soil erosion in catchment areas and its subsequent deposition in rivers, lakes and reservoirs are of great concern to humanity. The soil erosion upstream results in the loss of reservoir ca...

The specific bio-species and their spatial patterns play crucial roles in regulating eco-hydrologic process, which is significant for large-scale habitat promotion and vegetation restoration in many dry-land ecosystems. Such effects, however, are not yet fully studied. In this study, 12 micro-plots, each with size of 0.5 m in depth and 1 m in length, were constructed on a gentle grassy hill-slo...

Management strategies that minimize P transfer from agricultural land to water bodies are based on relationships between P concentrations in soil and runoff. This study evaluated such relationships for surface runoff generated by simulated sprinkler irrigation onto calcareous arable soils of the semiarid western United States. Irrigation was applied at 70 mm h(-1) to plots on four soils contain...

The objective of this series of studies was to investigate the use of compost and mulch materials in erosion control and stabilization projects. The first phase of the study primarily looked at the impacts of surface blankets of twelve different compost and mulch materials on total solids (TS) loss and water quality and found that mulch blankets produced runoff with the lowest TS and nutrient c...

The first part of this work deals with the most important runoff generation processes and their spatial and temporal distribution in the study area, the catchment of the Duerreychbach, Northern Black Forest, Germany: The perennial springs generate the entire base flow in the study area. A direct interaction of base flow and surface runoff could not be proven. Only for extreme events ( > HQ1) an...