Evaluating the success of phosphorus management from field to watershed

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1981-1988

  Sharpley, Andrew N ^a   Kleinman, Peter J A ^b   Jordan, Philip ^c   Bergström, Lars ^d   Allen, Arthur L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CRITICAL QUESTIONS; DEGREE OF CERTAINTY; FIELD SCALE; FIELD SOURCES; IN-FIELD; INHERENT COMPLEXITY; LOSS REDUCTION; MITIGATION STRATEGY; PHOSPHORUS MANAGEMENT; REMEDIAL STRATEGIES; WATERSHED SCALE;

LANDFORMS; PHOSPHORUS; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF;

ALCOHOL; FERTILIZER; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALCOHOL PRODUCTION; ANIMAL FOOD; COASTAL WATERS; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP; CROP MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT LOADING; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; PLOWING; REVIEW; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER BASIN; SCALE UP; SEDIMENTATION; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WETLAND; WINTER;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; PHOSPHORUS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 69749124322     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0056     Document Type: Review

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