Management of diffuse pollution in agricultural watersheds: Lessons from the Minnesota River Basin

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 323-330

  Brezonik, Patrick L ^a   Easter, K W ^a   Hatch, Lorin ^a   Mulla, David ^a   Perry, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agro ecoregions; Ecoregions; Minnesota River; Scales; Watershed management; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ECOREGIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOLOGY; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; RIVER; SOIL; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0032806485     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00350-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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