Water quality at the Buffalo National River, Arkansas, 1991-2001

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 407-417

  White, K L ^a,c   Haggard, B E ^b   Chaubey, I ^a  

^a 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c 203 Engineering Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrient concentrations; Nutrient yields; Stream flow; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; DATA REDUCTION; NITROGEN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS;

BUFFALO NATIONAL RIVER (BNR); SMOOTHING TECHNIQUE;

WATER QUALITY;

BASEFLOW; NUTRIENT BUDGET; RUNOFF; STREAMFLOW; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARKANSAS; BUFFALO RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 3042725348     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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