Nitrogen transport from tallgrass prairie watersheds

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 973-981

  Dodds, W K ^a   Blair, J M ^a   Henebry, G M ^b   Koelliker, J K ^c   Ramundo, R ^a   Tate, C M ^d  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW OF WATER; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOILS; STREAM FLOW; WATERSHEDS;

KARST WATERSHEDS; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN TRANSPORT; STREAM WATER DISCHARGE RATIO; TALLGRASS PRAIRIE WATERSHEDS;

WATER QUALITY;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER;

CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIRE; RIVER; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0030248004     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1996.00472425002500050007x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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