Long-term response of groundwater nitrate concentrations to management regulations in Nebraska's Central Platte valley

TheScientificWorldJournal

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages 286-297

  Exner, Mary E ^a   Perea Estrada, Hugo ^b   Spalding, Roy F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater nitrate; Groundwater policy; Groundwater quality; Groundwater quality regulations; Irrigation; N management; N use efficiency; Nebraska; Nitrogen management; Water management

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; NITRATE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CORN; CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; NEBRASKA; NITRATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77749328259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2010.25     Document Type: Article

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