Assessing the effects of land management and catchment hydrology on well water quality in a designated nitrate vulnerable zone

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 523-540

  Trabada Crende, F ^a,b   Vinten, A J A ^a  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LEACHING; NITRATE; SLUDGE; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION;

HYDROLOGY; LAND MANAGEMENT; NITRATE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0032146223     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(98)00009-2     Document Type: Article

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