Snowmelt and growing season phosphorus flux in an agricultural watershed in south-central Alberta, Canada

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 402-417

  Ontkean, Gerald R ^a   Chanasyk, David S ^b   Bennett, D Rodney ^a  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural impacts; Irrigation; Phosphorus; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SNOW; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS; AGRICULTURAL WATERSHED; CANADA; PHOSPHORUS FLUX; SNOWMELT;

WATERSHEDS;

CATCHMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; IRRIGATION; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RUNOFF; SNOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; PHOSPHORUS; SNOWMELT; WATER QUALITY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 31144436800     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2005.044     Document Type: Article

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