Reprint of: Assessment of the use of sediment fences for control of erosion and sediment phosphorus loss after potato harvesting on sloping land.
| Title: | Reprint of: Assessment of the use of sediment fences for control of erosion and sediment phosphorus loss after potato harvesting on sloping land. |
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| Authors: | Vinten AJ; James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB15 8QH, United Kingdom. Electronic address: andy.vinten@hutton.ac.uk.; Loades K; Addy S; Richards S; Stutter M; Cook Y; Watson H; Taylor C; Abel C; Baggaley N; Ritchie R; Jeffrey W |
| Source: | The Science of the total environment [Sci Total Environ] 2014 Jan 15; Vol. 468-469, pp. 1234-44. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Nov 05. |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 0330500 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1879-1026 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00489697 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sci Total Environ Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: Amsterdam, Elsevier. |
| Abstract: | In humid temperate areas, after harvest of potatoes, it is difficult to prevent soil erosion and diffuse pollution. In some autumn weather conditions, in-field mitigation such as cultivation or sowing are not possible, while edge of field measures can be costly and inflexible. We have assessed the potential of modified sediment fences, widely used on building sites, for erosion mitigation post-harvest of potato crops. Field scale assessments were conducted on fields in the Lunan catchment, eastern Scotland. Sediment retention was estimated by two methods: a topographic survey method using a hand held Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning System (RTK-GPS), and direct measurement of sediment depth using a graduated cane. In the 2010/11 trial the main fence comprised 70 m of entrenched fine mesh (0.25 mm) and coarser mesh (4mm) fabric pinned to a contour fence near the base of the field. This retained an estimated 50.9 m(3) (80.2 tonnes) of sediment, with weighted mean total P (TP) content of 0.09 % in the |
| Comments: | Republished from: Sci Total Environ. 2014 Jan 15;468-469:93-103. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.086.. (PMID: 24012897) |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Erosion mitigation; Pollution; Potato; Sediment fence; Topographic survey |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20131109 Date Completed: 20140722 Latest Revision: 20131209 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.050 |
| PMID: | 24200093 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
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