Effects of irrigation on the environment of selected areas of the Western United States and implications to world population growth and food production

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 353-360

  Hren, Janet ^a   Feltz, Herman R ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food production; Irrigation drainage; Population growth; Selenium

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ECONOMICS; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS; SELENIUM; SOIL POLLUTION; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER RESOURCES;

ECONOMIC ISSUES; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; FOOD PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION DRAINAGE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POPULATION GROWTH; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; TRACES ELEMENTS; WESTERN UNITED STATES; WORLD POPULATION;

IRRIGATION;

ARSENIC; BORON; MERCURY; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTION; IRRIGATION; LAND DEGRADATION; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; POPULATION GROWTH;

BIOACCUMULATION; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; GEOLOGY; LAND USE; POPULATION GROWTH; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0032053117     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jema.1998.0182     Document Type: Article

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