Nitrate in tile drainage of the semiarid palouse basin

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 353-361

  Keller, C Kent ^a   Butcher, Caroline N ^a,b   Smith, Jeffrey L ^a   Allen King, Richelle M ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GeoInsight Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CONTAMINATION; DRAINAGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; SOIL NITRATE; SOIL WATER; TILE-DRAIN BASEFLOW;

NITRATES;

NITRATE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CROPLAND; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); STREAM (RIVER); WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; FRESH WATER; NITRATES; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASHINGTON; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 40849111871     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0515     Document Type: Article

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