Methods for water quality sampling and load estimation in monitoring of Norwegian agricultural catchments

Nordic Hydrology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-92

  Haraldsen, Trond Knapp ^a   Stålnacke, Per ^a  

^a Jordforsk   (Norway)

Author keywords

Flow; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Suspended solids

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; LOAD ESTIMATION; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WATER QUALITY SAMPLING;

CATCHMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; NUTRIENT; SAMPLING; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33644886318     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2005.032     Document Type: Article

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