Low-level nitrate export from confined dairy farming detected in North Carolina streams using δ15N

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-110

  Karr, Jonathan D ^a   Showers, William J ^b   Jennings, Gregory D ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Animal waste; Dairy farming; Nitrate; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; DAIRY FARMING; NITRATE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; WATER POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037377145     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(02)00103-2     Document Type: Article

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