Reduced nitrate concentrations in shallow ground water under a non-fertilised grass buffer strip

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-91

  Van Beek, Christy L ^a   Heinen, Marius ^a   Clevering, Olga A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

15N; Bufferstrip; Denitrification; Groundwater; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; BUFFER ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; GRASS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547453779     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-007-9098-2     Document Type: Article

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