Nitrogen budget of a typical subterranean river in peak cluster karst area

Environmental Geology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1741-1748

  Guo, Fang ^a   Jiang, Guanghui ^a  

^a Karst Dynamics Laboratory   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Nitrate; Nitrogen loss; Subterranean river; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; AVERAGE VALUES; BASEFLOWS; CATTLE MANURES; CHEMICAL GRAPHS; DRAINAGE AREA; DYNAMIC VARIATIONS; HYDROLOGICAL PROCESS; INDUSTRY WASTES; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; KARST AQUIFER; KARST AREAS; KARST GROUNDWATER; KARST WATER; LOCAL PEOPLE; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN BUDGETS; NITROGEN LEACHING; NITROGEN LOSS; PEAK CLUSTERS; PISTON FLOW; RAINFALL EVENT; RAINY SEASONS; SEPTIC SYSTEM; SOUTH CHINA; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUBTERRANEAN RIVER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; MANURES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RISK PERCEPTION; RIVERS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

DRAINAGE; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FLOODING; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; KARST HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; RAINFALL; RECHARGE; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

BOS; SUIDAE;

EID: 70350214445     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00254-008-1673-6     Document Type: Article

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