Nitrate stable isotopes: Tools for determining nitrate sources among different land uses in the Mississippi River Basin

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1874-1885

  Chang, Cecily C Y ^a   Kendall, Carol ^a   Silva, Steven R ^a   Battaglin, William A ^b   Campbell, Donald H ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAND USE; NITRATE; PROVENANCE; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037005510     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f02-153     Document Type: Article

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