Nitrate-N distribution and trends in shallow groundwater on an eastern coastal plains watershed

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-64

  Stone, K C ^a   Hunt, P G ^a   Johnson, M H ^a   Matheny, T A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Groundwater; Nitrate N

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CONTAMINATION; FARMS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATES; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

INTENSIVE FARMING;

WATER ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER EQUALITY; MONITORING; NITRATE; NITRATES; POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

USA, NORTH CAROLINA;

ANIMALIA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031968076     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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