Atmospheric deposition contributes little nutrient and sediment to stream flow from an agricultural watershed

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 134, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 19-23

  McDowell, R W ^a   Sharpley, A N ^b  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Sediment; Water quality; Wind erosion

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; LAND USE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; STREAMFLOW; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WIND EROSION;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 69249210937     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.06.016     Document Type: Article

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