Management Options to Reduce Phosphorus Leaching from Vegetated Buffer Strips

• Published in: Journal of environmental quality Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 322 - 329
• Main Authors: Hille, Sandra, Graeber, Daniel, Kronvang, Brian, Rubæk, Gitte H., Onnen, Nils, Molina‐Navarro, Eugenio, Baattrup‐Pedersen, Annette, Heckrath, Goswin J., Stutter, Marc I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America, Inc 01.03.2019
• Subjects: agricultural land; Agriculture; ammonium; conservation buffers; harvesting frequency; leaching; Non-Point Source Pollution - prevention & control; phosphorus; Phosphorus - analysis; risk; Rivers; Soil; Soil Pollutants - analysis; soluble phosphorus; surface water; topsoil; vegetation; Water Movements; Water Pollutants, Chemical - analysis

Vegetated buffer strips (VBS) between agricultural areas and surface waters are important retention areas for eroded particulate P through which they may obtain critically high degrees of P saturation imposing high risk of soluble P leaching. We tested topsoil removal and three harvesting frequencie...