Water quality of an intensive agricultural watershed in Quebec

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 427-437

  Lapp, Paul ^a   Madramootoo, C A ^a   Enright, P ^a   Papineau, F ^a   Perrone, J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural hydrology; Nitrogen; Nonpoint source pollution; Phosphorus; Seasonal variation; Sediment; Surface water hydrology; Water quality; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGY; NITRATES; PESTICIDES; PHOSPHATES; SEDIMENTS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

ATRAZINE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURAL; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; QUEBEC; ST ESPRIT WATERSHED;

EID: 0032054293     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.1998.tb04146.x     Document Type: Article

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