Nitrate leaching from a free-draining volcanic soil irrigated with municipal sewage effluent in New Zealand

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 70, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 181-187

  Magesan, G N ^a   McLay, C D A ^b   Lal, V V ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Land treatment; Municipal sewage effluent; Nitrate leaching; Volcanic soil

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT; LEACHING; NITRATE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0031734522     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(98)00150-9     Document Type: Article

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