Modeling watershed-scale effectiveness of agricultural best management practices to reduce phosphorus loading

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1385-1395

  Rao, Nalini S ^a,b   Easton, Zachary M ^a   Schneiderman, Elliot M ^c   Zion, Mark S ^c   Lee, David R ^b   Steenhuis, Tammo S ^a  

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

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Loading function; Nonpoint source pollution; Nutrient loss; Watershed model

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; LOADING; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTISE; FUNCTION MODELLING; LOADING FUNCTION; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NONPOINT SOURCES; NUTRIENT LOSS; SOURCE POLLUTION; VARIABLE SOURCE AREAS; WATERSHED MODELLING; WATERSHED SCALE;

FARMS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT LOSS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

BOS;

EID: 58049151942     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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