Nitrogen flux and sources in the Mississippi River Basin

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 248, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 75-86

  Goolsby, Donald A ^a   Battaglin, William A ^a   Aulenbach, Brent T ^a   Hooper, Richard P ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mississippi River Basin; Nitrogen flux

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANONITROGEN DERIVATIVE;

NITROGEN; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOW KINETICS; MEXICO; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

FRESH WATER; MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI; NITRATES; NITROGEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034607340     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00532-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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