Distribution of dissolved inorganic and organic nitrogen in river water and groundwater in an agriculturally-dominated catchment, south-East Spain

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 198, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 335-346

  Lorite Herrera, Miguel ^a   Hiscock, Kevin ^b   Jiménez Espinosa, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial aquifer; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Guadalquivir river; Irrigated agriculture; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL AQUIFER; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; GUADALQUIVIR RIVER; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; NITRATE;

AQUIFERS; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEACHING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; RIVER WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GUADALQUIVIR RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 60349106285     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-008-9849-y     Document Type: Article

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