Estimating phosphorus loss in runoff from manure and fertilizer for a phosphorus loss quantification tool

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1645-1653

  Vadas, P A ^a   Good, L W ^b   Moore Jr , P A ^c   Widman, N ^d  

^a U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; DEGREES OF COMPLEXITY; FIELD SCALE; FIELD STUDIES; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; INPUT DATA; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PHOSPHORUS LOSS; SIMPLE METHOD; SOIL TYPES;

DISSOLUTION; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZERS; LAND USE; MANURES; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; WATER;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FERTILIZER; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; EUTROPHICATION; MANURE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER POLLUTION;

FERTILIZERS; MANURE; PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 67650477031     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0337     Document Type: Article

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