Integrated surface water quality assessment of a rural watershed in Nova Scotia, Canada

ASAE Annual International Meeting 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1373-1386

  Tattrie, Steven ^a   Elmi, Abdirashid ^a   Gordon, Robert ^a   Jamieson, Rob ^b   Madani, Ali ^a   Stratton, Glen ^a   Hebb, Dale ^c   Fuller, Keith ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

E. coli; Nitrogen; Nutrient loading; Phosphorous; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RURAL AREAS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

NUTRIENT LOADING; RURAL WATERSHED; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT;

SURFACE WATERS;

EID: 30044433160     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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