Simulated long-term nitrogen losses for a midwestern agricultural watershed in the United States

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 616-624

  Gowda, Prasanna H ^a   Mulla, David J ^b   Jaynes, Dan B ^c  

^a USDA Agricultural Research Service ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilizer rate; Total Maximum Daily Load; Upper Mississippi River Basin

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUTRIENTS; WATERSHEDS;

FERTILIZER RATE; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN;

NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CALIBRATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GIS; MODEL VALIDATION; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTION CONTROL;

IOWA; MISSISSIPPI BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 42049123681     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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