Nitrate in groundwaters of intensive agricultural areas in coastal Northeastern Australia

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-58

  Thorburn, Peter J ^a   Biggs, Jody S ^a   Weier, Keith L ^a   Keating, Brian A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Denitrification; Horticulture; Nitrogen fertilizer; Sugarcane; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; NITRATE;

AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0037217048     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(02)00018-X     Document Type: Article

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