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Author(s):Stier, J. C.; Kussow, W. R.
Author Affiliation:Stier: Department of Horticulture; Kussow: Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Title:Golf course fairway runoff and leachate unaffected by nascent vegetative buffer strips
Section:Conservation/environmental quality
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Meeting Info.:Santiago, Chile: July 26-30 2009
Source:International Turfgrass Society Research Journal. Vol. 11, No. Part 1, 2009, p. 105-119.
Publishing Information:Madison, WI: International Turfgrass Society
# of Pages:15
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Golf fairways; Surface runoff; Buffer zones; Leachates; Water quality; Nitrates; Nitrogen; Phosphorus
Abstract/Contents:"Vegetative buffer strips have been proposed as mechanisms to reduce nutrient movement from fertilized turf areas into ground and surface waters. Our objective was to determine the effectiveness of various sizes of nascent buffer strips, composed of either fine fescue (Festuca spp.) or native prairie vegetation, for control of nutrient movement from fertilized golf course fairways into runoff and leachate water. Field plots were established at the edges of fairways on the Wisconsin River Golf Club in Stevens Point, WI (USA). Slopes were approximately 2 to 3% on a well-drained, Dunnville very fine sandy loam soil. Runoff and leachate from natural precipitation events were collected over two growing seasons. Buffer strip treatments did not alter P runoff concentrations or loads compared to water collected at the edge of fairways; loads ranged from 100 to 200 g P ha-1 in 2004 and 20 to 60 g P ha-1 in 2005. Total P concentrations in runoff routinely exceeded federal guidelines for streams, but were similar to P concentrations in runoff from unfertilized native grasslands, indicating factors such as runoff volume are also important for maintaining stream water quality. Except for May of the first year before vegetation developed, NO3-N concentrations in leachate were almost always below federal drinking water standards. The mean soluble P in leachate was 0.45 mg P L-1 and was not affected by any treatment. The low annual rates of nutrients applied to the fairways each year (ā‰¤ 98 kg N ha-1 and 5 kg P ha-1) did not appear to require a vegetated buffer strip to prevent losses into surface or ground waters."
Language:English
References:41
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Stier, J. C., and W. R. Kussow. 2009. Golf course fairway runoff and leachate unaffected by nascent vegetative buffer strips. Int. Turfgrass Soc. Res. J. 11(Part 1):p. 105-119.
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