Base flow nutrient discharges from lower Delmarva Peninsula watersheds of Virginia, USA

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2070-2083

  Stanhope, Jennifer W ^a   Anderson, Iris C ^a   Reay, William G ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; BASEFLOWS; COASTAL LAGOONS; COASTAL SYSTEMS; DISSOLVED NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRAINED SOILS; FIRST-ORDER STREAMS; LAND COVER; LAND USE IMPACT; LOADING RATE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT DISCHARGES; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; SEASONAL MEAN; SOIL DRAINAGE; VIRGINIA; WATER DISCHARGES; WEIGHTED MEAN;

AERODYNAMICS; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; DROUGHT; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

AMMONIA; ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DROUGHT; FOREST; LAGOON; LAND DRAINAGE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED; WINTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; NITRATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEASONS; VIRGINIA; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 69749087556     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0358     Document Type: Article

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