Mitigation of shallow groundwater nitrate in a poorly drained riparian area and adjacent cropland

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 628-637

  Davis, Jennifer H ^a   Griffith, Stephen M ^a   Horwath, William R ^b   Steiner, Jeffrey J ^a   Myrold, David D ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; ECOSYSTEMS; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS;

CROPPING SYSTEM; INORGANIC CARBON; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CROPPING SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; PRECIPITATION; REDUCTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CHLORIDES; NITRATES; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; RIVERS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34248324732     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0186     Document Type: Article

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