Organic nitrogen in drainage water from grassland in Northern Ireland

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1233-1238

  Watson, C J ^a,c   Jordan, C ^b   Lennox, S D ^b   Smith, R V ^a   Steen, R W J ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Biometrics Division   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; HYDROLYSIS; NITROGEN; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANNUAL FLOW WEIGHTED MEAN; DRAINAGE WATER; IRELAND; KJELDAHL NITROGEN; SOLUBLE ORGANIC NITROGEN;

WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; DRINKING WATER; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; GRASS; IRELAND; NUTRIENT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SOLUBILITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 0034234885     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2000.00472425002900040029x     Document Type: Article

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