Stream phosphorus and nitrogen export from agricultural and forested watersheds on the Boreal Plain

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2292-2299

  Cooke, Sandra E ^a,b   Prepas, Ellie E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Meanook Biological Research Station   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; FORESTED CATCHMENT; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0032447048     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f98-118     Document Type: Article

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