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| Author(s): | Bowman, Daniel C. |
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| Author Affiliation: | North Carolina State University |
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| Title: | Buffers - Fact or fiction? |
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| Section: | Water quality
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| Source: | North Carolina Turfgrass. Vol. 16, No. 7, December/January 1998, p. 18. |
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| Publishing Information: | Southern Pines, NC: The Turfgrass Council of North Carolina, Inc. |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf course safety; Buffer zones; Riparian zones; Nutrients; Denitrification; Carbohydrates; Contamination; Subsurface drainage; Surface drainage; Nitrates
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| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses riparian buffers, suggesting that they may be "a way to protect...surface waters from nutrient pollution." Explains that "'riparian' refers to the area adjacent to a river, stream, or lake...Riparian buffers are simply zones of vegetation, which function to remove nutrients from flowing groundwater before the nutrients reach the river or stream." States that "subsurface flow in its simplest form is when water moves downward through a soil due to gravity...But if the moving water encounters a barrier blocking its path, such as a plow pan, compacted subsoil, or layer of rock, it may start to move across the surface of the obstruction, but again in a downward direction." Reports that "research conducted in North Carolina and other states has shown that native plants growing along the banks of a stream are very effective at removing nitrate from the flowing groundwater, and thus keeping nitrate from getting into the stream." Suggests that "most turfgrasses have a relatively shallow root system, and would not provide the carbohydrates deep enough in the soil, where the water is flowing. But turfgrasses are so effective at reducing runoff that they may be an important component of the buffer, uphill from the deep-rooted plants." Concludes that "with this understanding of the principles of buffer function, it should be easier to design and/or maintain these very important components of the landscape, regardless of what the state finally defines as the required buffer system." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: Buffer Zones |
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| Note: | Reprint appears in Turf Tales Magazine, 6(2) Spring 1999, p. 9-10, R=92279
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Bowman, D. C. 1998. Buffers - Fact or fiction?. N.C. Turfgrass. 16(7):p. 18. |
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