Nonpoint pollution of surface waters with phosphorus and nitrogen

Ecological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 559-568

  Carpenter, S R ^a   Caraco, N F ^b   Correll, D L ^c   Howarth, R W ^d   Sharpley, A N ^e   Smith, V H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Estuary; Eutrophication; Lake; Nitrogen; Nonpoint pollution; Phosphorus; River; Runoff; Stream

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PHOSPHORUS;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0031826381     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1998)008[0559:NPOSWW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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