Spatial and temporal variations of water quality in drainage ditches within vegetable farms and citrus groves

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-57

  Zhang, Mingkui ^a   He, Zhenli ^a,b   Calvert, David V ^b   Stoffella, Peter J ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage ditch; Heavy metals; Nutrients; Temporal variation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DRAINAGE; FARMS; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SOIL TESTING; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT;

WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; DRAINAGE; HEAVY METAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CITRUS;

EID: 0842332240     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2003.07.005     Document Type: Article

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