Analysing nitrate losses from an artificially drained lowland catchment (North-Eastern Germany) with a mixing model

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 123, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 125-136

  Tiemeyer, Bärbel ^a   Lennartz, Bernd ^a   Kahle, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial drainage; Diffuse pollution; Hydrograph separation; Lowland hydrology; Mixing model; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; DIFFUSION; DRAINAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGY; MIXING; MODELING; NITRATE; NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER; TILE DRAIN; WATER POLLUTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 35348993853     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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