Nutrient mass balance and trends, Mobile River Basin, Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 765-793

  Harned, Douglas A ^a   Atkins, J Brian ^a   Harvill, John S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlation analysis; Mass balance; Mobile river; Nonpoint source pollution; Nutrient loads; Nutrient trends; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CROPS; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRITION; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; NUTRIENT MASS BALANCE;

RIVERS;

NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RIVER BASIN; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BATHYLACO NIGRICANS;

EID: 4544287333     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2004.tb04458.x     Document Type: Article

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