Spring nitrate flux in the Mississippi River Basin: A landscape model with conservation applications

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 5410-5418

  Booth, Mary S ^a   Campbell, Chris ^b  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b Environmental Working Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATES; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; LOADING; NITROGEN; WATER QUALITY;

CONSERVATION EFFORTS; HISTORIC LEVELS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN; MUNICIPAL WASTE;

FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

FERTILIZER; NITRATE; RUNOFF;

FERTILIZERS; NITRATES; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HYPOXIA; LANDSCAPE; NITRATE; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LANDSCAPE; RIVER BASIN; SPRING; UNITED STATES; WASTE; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ATMOSPHERE; CALIBRATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FERTILIZERS; GEOGRAPHY; MISSISSIPPI; NITRATES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; SEASONS; WASTE PRODUCTS; WETLANDS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL WASTES; ATMOSPHERIC NITRATES; CONSERVATION PROGRAMS; FEDERAL FUNDINGS; FERTILIZER USE; GULF OF MEXICO; HOTSPOTS; LANDSCAPE MODEL; MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN; MUNICIPAL WASTE; NITRATE FLUXES; NITRATE LOADINGS; NITROGEN DERIVED FROM FERTILIZERS; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS;

EID: 34547674726     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es070179e     Document Type: Article

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