Land-use change and stream water fluxes: Decadal dynamics in watershed nitrate exports

Ecosystems

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1182-1196

  Johnson, Mark S ^a,b   Woodbury, Peter B ^a   Pell, Alice N ^a   Lehmann, Johannes ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem management; CHAID; Land use land cover change; Nitrogen cycle; Segmented regression analysis; Watershed loadings

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DAIRY FARMING; DETECTION METHOD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; WATERSHED;

FALL CREEK [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 36649013017     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-007-9091-2     Document Type: Article

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