Characteristics of organic matter as indicators of pollution from small-scale livestock and nitrate contamination of shallow groundwater in an agricultural area

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2485-2496

  Kim, Rak Hyeon ^a   Lee, Jeongho ^a   Chang, Ho Wan ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Agricultural area; COD BOD ratio; Nitrate contamination; Nitrification; Shallow groundwater

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROORGANISMS; NITRIFICATION;

NITRATE CONTAMINATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LIVESTOCK; NITRATE; NITRIFICATION;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0041786815     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1256     Document Type: Article

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