Combined monitoring and modeling indicate the most effective agricultural best management practices

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1798-1809

  Easton, Zachary M ^a   Walter, M Todd ^a   Steenhuis, Tammo S ^a  

^a Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; DYNAMIC POSITIONING; LANDFORMS; MANURES; NONMETALS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; AND MODELING; BASE FLOWS; BEFORE AND AFTER; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; DAIRY FARMS; IMPERVIOUS SURFACES; LONG-TERM MONITORING; MECHANISTIC MODELING; MODEL RESULTS; NEW YORK; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NPS POLLUTION; POLLUTANT LOADINGS; VARIABLE SOURCE; WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS; WATER QUALITY PROTECTION; WATERSHED MODELLING;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; DAIRYING; MANURE; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 51849109509     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0522     Document Type: Article

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