Impact of changing land use practices on nitrate export by the Mississippi River

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Donner, Simon D ^a   Kucharik, Christopher J ^b   Foley, Jonathan A ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural land use; Mississippi River; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; WATER QUALITY;

MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2942705835     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gb002093     Document Type: Article

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