Estimating the sources and transport of nutrients in the Waikato River Basin, New Zealand

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 4-1-4-23

  Alexander, Richard B ^a   Elliott, Alexander H ^b   Shankar, Ude ^b   McBride, Graham B ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Nutrient retention; Phosphorus; SPARROW; Watershed modeling

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PHOSPHORUS; RESERVOIRS (WATER);

NUTRIENT DELIVERY;

WATER RESOURCES;

MODELING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER; WATERSHED;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO RIVER BASIN;

EID: 0037004359     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001wr000878     Document Type: Article

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