Dynamic spatially explicit mass-balance modeling for targeted watershed phosphorus management. I. Model development

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 189-200

  Meals, Donald W ^a   Alan Cassell, E ^b   Hughell, David ^a   Wood, Lynnette ^a   Jokela, William E ^c   Parsons, Robert ^b  

^a Associates in Rural Development Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information system; Mass balance; Models; Nonpoint source management; Phosphorus; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GIS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MASS BALANCE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT LOSS; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RUNOFF; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATERSHED;

EID: 45049085087     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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