Journal article
Impact of Riparian Zone Protection from Cattle on Nutrient, Bacteria, F‐coliphage, Cryptosporidium, and Giardia Loading of an Intermittent Stream
Abstract
This 5-yr study compared, via an upstream-downstream experimental design, nutrient and microbial water quality of an intermittent stream running through a small pasture (∼2.5 animals ha) where cattle are restricted from the riparian zone (restricted cattle access [RCA]) and where cattle have unrestricted access to the stream (unrestricted cattle access [URCA]). Fencing in the RCA excluded pasturing cattle to within ∼3 to 5 m of the stream. …
Authors
Sunohara MD; Topp E; Wilkes G; Gottschall N; Neumann N; Ruecker N; Jones TH; Edge TA; Marti R; Lapen* DR
Journal
Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 1301–1314
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
July 2012
DOI
10.2134/jeq2011.0407
ISSN
0047-2425