Nonpoint source discharges of nutrients from piedmont watersheds of Chesapeake Bay

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 631-645

  Jordan, Thomas E ^a   Correll, David L ^a   Weller, Donald E ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Chesapeake Bay; Nonpoint source pollution; Nutrients; Water quality; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CORRELATION METHODS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); DRAINAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTS; SILICATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENTS;

WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT DISCHARGE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; USA;

EID: 0031170842     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1997.tb03538.x     Document Type: Article

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