Even though soil loss in the lowlands imposes not as much a restriction on land use and agricultural productivity as in erosion affected mountainous areas, the input of fine sediment into the rivers and streams is a concern due to water quality issues and substrate siltation. Drains, river banks and agricultural fields are the three main sources of fine sediment in lowland regions. For a succes...

estimation of the amount of soil loss measurement of field indicators is a low-cost method, is easy to learn and can be simply applied. in order to measure and make assessment of soil loss amount by field indicators method in shahrak watershed, first map of the work units was prepared and then, measurements of the relevant field indicators were carried out within these units. then, epm model wa...

Extensive network of tile drains present in the Midwest USA accelerate losses of nutrients to receiving ditches, rivers and eventually to the Gulf of Mexico. Nutrient inputs from agricultural watersheds and their role in affecting water quality have received increased attention recently; however, benthic sediment-nutrient interactions in tile-fed drainage ditches is still a matter of active res...

This study investigates the contribution of several marinas to fecal indicator bacteria impairment in Newport Bay, a regionally important tidal embayment in southern California. Three different fecal indicator bacteria groups were assayed, including total coliform, Escherichia coli, and enterococci bacteria, all measured using the IDEXX Colilert and Enterolert system. To document temporal varia...

Increasing production and productivity of shallots currently must be done by expanding the area shallot planting. The expansion planting in Jambi is constrained Ultisol land which has low soil fertility. This study aims to look at response application cow dung trichocompost doses, get a dose will provide most effective growth yield shallots. research design used was randomized block (RBD) with ...

This study aimed to examine the effect of vermicompost in increasing melon growth and yield obtain a dose that was able provide best yield. The research design used Randomized Block Design (RBD) with one factor, namely consisting of: 0 tonha-1; 5 15 25 35 tonha-1. results showed application increased plant length, number leaves, leaf area, stem diameter, fruit weight per plants. gave tonha-1, 1...

Samples of suspended, floodplain and channel bed sediment have been used to examine downstream changes in ediment-associated contaminant transport and storage in contrasting rivers in Yorkshire, UK. The concentrations of hosphorus, chromium and selected PCBs associated with sediment in the River Aire and its main tributary, the River Calder, which drain an urbanized and industrialized catchment...

Human activities within a watershed, such as agriculture, urbanization, and dam building, may affect the sediment yield from the watershed. Because the equilibrium geomorphic form of an estuary is dependent in part on the sediment supply from the watershed, anthropogenic activities within the watershed have the potential to affect estuary geomorphology. The Sacramento River drains the northern ...

The Burdekin River, Queensland, Australia drains a catchment area of ~130,000 km and contributes approximately 30% of the total sediment supplied (~ 3.8 t) to the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon from all Great Barrier Reef catchments. Much of this watershed (~115,000 km) drains into the Burdekin Falls Dam, the largest dam reservoir in Queensland (1,860 GL capacity; 224 km surface area; average depth ...