The original USDA-ARS experimental watersheds in Texas and Ohio: Contributions from the past and visions for the future

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1669-1675

  Harmel, R Daren ^a   Bonta, James V ^a   Richardson, Clarence W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural runoff; Hydrology; Legacy data; Trend analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

LEGACY DATA; TREND ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PESTICIDES; WATER QUALITY;

WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HYDROLOGY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; SOIL EROSION; TILLAGE; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36248979965     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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