| Title: | Policy implications from multi-scale watershed models of biofuel crop adoption across the Corn Belt |
| Authors: | Kling, C.L., I. Chaubey, R. Cibin, P.W. Gassman and Y. Panagopoulos |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Journal: | Journal of the American Water Resources Association |
| Volume (Issue): | 53(6) |
| Pages: | 1313-1322 |
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| DOI: | 10.1111/1752-1688.12592 |
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| Model: | SWAT |
| Broad Application Category: | review/history |
| Primary Application Category: | bioenergy crop, tree and/or vegetation assessment |
| Secondary Application Category: | pollutant cycling/loss and transport |
| Watershed Description: | Boone River in north central Iowa, Wildcat Creek in north central Indiana, St. Joseph River in northeast Indiana/ southwest Michigan/northwest Ohio, Upper Mississippi River and Ohio-Tennessee River, U.S. |
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| General Comments: | This article was part of the Special SWAT Series that was published in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association across several issues and also serves as an overview study for three associated studies that are also part of the special series. The lead-off article for the special series is: Merwade, V., C. Baffaut, K. Bieger, L. Boithias and H. Rathjens. 2017. Featured series introduction: SWAT applications for emerging hydrologic and water quality challenges. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 53(1): 67–68. Doi: 10.1111/1752-1688.12486. The concluding article is: Merwade, V., C. Baffaut, K. Bieger, L. Boithias and H. Rathjens. 2017. Featured Series conclusion: SWAT applications for emerging hydrologic and water quality challenges. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 53(6): 1390-1392. Doi: 10.1111/1752-1688.12601. |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | biofuel policy; Renewable Fuel Standard; switchgrass; Miscanthus; stover removal; SWAT; nutrient
pollution |