Concentrated animal feeding operations, row crops, and their relationship to nitrate in Eastern Iowa rivers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 3168-3173

  Weldon, Mark B ^a   Hornbuckle, Keri C ^a  

^a IA United States   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; NITRATES; WATER QUALITY;

BUDGET ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATED ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS (CAFO); PEARSON CORRELATIONS; ROW CROPS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

FERTILIZER; NITRATE; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; NITRATES; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL; CROP; FEEDING; MANURE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; SOYBEAN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAM; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROP; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; HUMANS; IOWA; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; ZEA MAYS;

CONCENTRATION; CORRELATION; FARM CROPS; FERTILIZERS; NITRATES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

IOWA; IOWA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33646753817     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es052426p     Document Type: Article

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