Water quality trends and changing agricultural practices in a midwest U.S. watershed, 1994-2006

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1862-1874

  Renwick, William H ^a   Vanni, Michael J ^a   Zhang, Qianyi ^b   Patton, Jon ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENTATION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; FARM MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE SCALES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; WATER QUALITY TRENDS;

WATER MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; TILLAGE; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDIANA; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NITRATES; OHIO; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 51849151293     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0401     Document Type: Article

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