The impact of cropland cover on river nutrient levels in the Mississippi River Basin

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 341-355

  Donner, Simon ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Croplands; Land cover change; Land use; Mississippi River; Nitrogen; North America; Phosphorus; Silica; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHANGE; CROP; FERTILIZER; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; CULTIVATION; MAIZE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOYBEAN; VEGETATION COVER; WHEAT;

UNITED STATES; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0041764377     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1466-822X.2003.00032.x     Document Type: Article

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