Agricultural drainage ditches mitigate phosphorus loads as a function of hydrological variability

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-113

  Kroger, R ^a   Holland, M M ^a   Moore, M T ^b   Cooper, C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DRAINAGE; EUTROPHICATION; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF;

GULF OF MEXICO; HYDROLOGICAL VARIABILITY; MANNING'S EQUATIONS; NO-TILL COTTON;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

FERTILIZER; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORM WATER;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE DITCH; AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; COASTAL WATERS; EUTROPHICATION; FLOODING; HYDROGRAPHY; HYDROLOGY; LAND DRAINAGE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEXICO; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOURCE SINK RELATIONSHIP; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MISSISSIPPI; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 38349159331     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0505     Document Type: Article

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