Baseflow nitrate in relation to stream order and agricultural land use

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 808-816

  Kang, Shujiang ^a   Lin, Henry ^a   Gburek, William J ^b   Folmar, Gordon J ^b   Lowery, Birl ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROUNDWATER; LAND USE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; BASEFLOW NITRATE; STREAM ORDER;

NITRATES;

NITRATE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FLOW RATE; LAND DRAINAGE; LAND USE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITRATES; WATER;

EID: 43749118767     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0011     Document Type: Article

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