Chesapeake bay eutrophication: Scientific understanding, ecosystem restoration, and challenges for agriculture

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 303-320

  Boesch, D F ^a   Brinsfield, R B ^a   Magnien, R E ^a  

^a Integration and Application Network   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ALGAE; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; SOIL CONSERVATION; STREAM FLOW;

POINT SOURCES;

EUTROPHICATION;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUND WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURE; ALGA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECOMPOSITION; DINOFLAGELLATE; ECOSYSTEM; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; HYPOXIA; MANURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT; PFIESTERIA; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLICY; SEDIMENT; SOIL TREATMENT; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

ALGAE; DINOPHYCEAE; PFIESTERIA; PFIESTERIA PISCICIDA;

EID: 0035022658     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2001.302303x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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