The distribution of phosphorus in Popes Creek, VA, and in the Pocomoke River, MD: Two watersheds with different land management practices in the Chesapeake Bay Basin

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 164, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 189-204

  Simon, N S ^a   Bricker, Owen P ^a   Newell, Wayne ^a   McCoy, John ^b   Morawe, Rijk ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DNR   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estuary; Iron; Land use; Phosphorus; Sediment; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; ESTUARIES; IRON; PHOSPHORUS; REDOX REACTIONS; SEDIMENTS; WATERSHEDS;

ANIMAL AGRICULTURE; BROILER CHICKENS; COASTAL PLAIN; IRON OXYHYDROXIDES;

WATER POLLUTION;

IRON; PHOSPHORUS;

LAND USE; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DATA ANALYSIS; ESTUARY; EXTRACTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; RIVER; SEDIMENTATION; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; FARM CROPS; IRON; PHOSPHORUS; REDOX REACTIONS; SEDIMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SHEDS;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 23944450812     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-005-3024-5     Document Type: Article

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