A synthesis of nitrogen transformations and transfers from land to the sea in the yaqui valley agricultural region of northwest mexico

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Ahrens, T D ^a   Beman, J M ^b   Harrison, J A ^c   Jewett, P K ^a   Matson, P A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CANALS; CROPS; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; TROPICS;

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL FUNCTIONING; DRAINAGE CANALS; ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS; PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOM;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; COASTAL WATER; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE CHANGE; PHYTOPLANKTON; RUNOFF; SEAWATER; WATER RESOURCE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA; YAQUI VALLEY;

ALGAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 69249099661     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006661     Document Type: Article

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