The allocation of nutrient load reduction across a watershed: Assessing delivery coefficients as an implementation tool

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 183-204

  Feng, Hongli ^a   Jha, Manoj ^a   Gassman, Phil ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 60749084748     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2008.01432.x     Document Type: Article

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