Nitrate leaching in agriculture to upper groundwater in the sandy regions of the Netherlands during the 1992-1995 period

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 102, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 225-241

  Boumans, Leo J M ^a   Fraters, Dico ^a   Van Drecht, Gerard ^a  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European Commission; Field survey; GIS; Groundwater; Legislation; Nitrate Directive limit value; Nitrogen load; Nitrogen surplus; Precipitation; Regression analysis; Sandy soils; Soil drainage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; LEACHING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SOILS;

CRITICAL LOAD; NITRATE LEACHING; SANDY REGION; SOIL DRAINAGE;

GROUNDWATER;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; NITRATE; SANDY SOIL; SOIL DRAINAGE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GRASS; GRASSLAND; MAIZE; MANURE; NETHERLANDS; NITRATE LEACHING; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; SAND; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER SAMPLING;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; MANURE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; NITRATES; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; CORN; GRASSES; GROUND WATER; LEACHING; NITRATES; PRECIPITATION; SOIL;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 15544383837     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-6023-5     Document Type: Article

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