Transport and fate of nitrate in headwater agricultural streams in Illinois

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1296-1304

  Royer, Todd V ^a,c   Tank, Jennifer L ^b   David, Mark B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DENITRIFICATION; SEDIMENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

HEADWATER AGRICULTURE STREAMS; STREAM SEDIMENTS; WATER COLUMNS;

NITRATES;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DENITRIFICATION; FLOW KINETICS; LANDSCAPE; NUTRIENT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOURCE SINK RELATIONSHIP; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATERSHED;

EID: 3242780885     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.1296     Document Type: Article

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