Modeling the impact of hydrological changes on nitrate transport in the Mississippi River Basin from 1955 to 1994

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 16-1-16-19

  Donner, Simon D ^a   Coe, Michael T ^a   Lenters, John D ^a   Twine, Tracy E ^a   Foley, Jonathan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic biogeochemistry; Denitrification; Hydrology; Mississippi River; Nitrate flux; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MODELING; NITRATE; STREAMFLOW;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN; UNITED STATES;

HYDRA; IBIS;

EID: 0036771017     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gb001396     Document Type: Article

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