Sediment‐Related Transport of Nutrients from Southwestern Watersheds
Publication: Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 117, Issue 5
Abstract
Data from rainfall simulation experiments conducted in Arizona and New Mexico were used to identify relationships between total suspended sediment (TSS) concentrations (kg/ha/mm of runoff) in runoff and concentrations (kg/ha/mm of runoff) of total phosphorus (TP), total volatile suspended sediment (TVSS), and total nitrogen (TN). The units of kg/ha/mm of runoff are equivalent to mg/l divided by 100. Data were collected from pinyon‐juniper, ponderosa pine, short grass prairie, creosote bush, and bottomland vegetation types. Lumping data from these five vegetation types yielded a relationship for total phosphorus of with a linear correlation coefficient of The relationship for total volatile suspended sediment was A poor relationship was found for total nitrogen with (with These relationships were validated using data from other rainfall simulation experiments and naturally occurring ephemeral streamflow in southern New Mexico.
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Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Volume 117 • Issue 5 • September 1991
Pages: 736 - 747
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