Corn-based ethanol production compromises goal of reducing nitrogen export by the Mississippi River

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4513-4518

  Donner, Simon D ^a   Kucharik, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biofuels; Gulf of Mexico; Hypoxia; Nitrogen cycling

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOFUEL; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORN; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GULF STREAM; MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NITROGEN CYCLING; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAIZE; METABOLISM; SEA; SOIL; TIME;

ZEA MAYS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHANOL; MISSISSIPPI; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; RIVERS; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 41949107983     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0708300105     Document Type: Article

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