Drainage effects on stream nitrate-N and hydrology in south-central Minnesota (USA)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 91, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 183-198

  Magner, Joseph A ^a   Payne, G A ^b   Steffen, J ^c  

^a MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel geomorphology; Denitrification; Drainage; Floodplain; Nitrate nitrogen; Peak flow

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DENITRIFICATION; DRAINAGE; HYDROLOGY; NITRATES; WATER POLLUTION;

GEOMORPHIC DATA;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN 18; RIVER WATER;

DENITRIFICATION; DRAINAGE; FLOODPLAIN; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; STREAMWATER;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; DENITRIFICATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; HYPOXIA; LAND USE; MEXICO; PRODUCTIVITY; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MINNESOTA; NITRATES; RIVERS; TREES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

RIPARIA; ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

EID: 0942277214     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EMAS.0000009235.50413.42     Document Type: Article

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