Estimating nitrogen loading to ground water and assessing vulnerability to nitrate contamination in a large karstic springs Basin, Florida

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 607-627

  Katz, Brian G ^a   Sepulveda, A Alejandro ^a   Verdi, Richard J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida; Geospatial analysis; Ground water management; Ichetucknee; Isotopes; Nitrogen; Nonpoint source pollution

Indexed keywords

FLORIDA; GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS; GROUND-WATER MANAGEMENT; ICHETUCKNEE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AIR POLLUTION; AQUIFERS; BIOSOLIDS; BUDGET CONTROL; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; LEACHING; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; POTASSIUM; RAIN; SEPTIC TANKS; SPRINGS (WATER); STRUCTURAL LOADS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; MASS BALANCE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPRING WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 66149141312     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2009.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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