Estrogenics and nutrient concentration of surface waters surrounding a large confinement dairy operation using best management practices for land application of animal wastes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2365-2371

  Shappell, Nancy W ^a,b   Elder, Kevin H ^a   West, Mark ^a,b  

^a Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WASTES; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; DAIRY FACILITIES; E-SCREEN; EFFECT CONCENTRATION; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; LAND APPLICATIONS; MANURE SLURRY; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; TILE DRAINS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MANURES; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIA; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; NITRATE; NITRITE; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER; WATER;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; DAIRY FARMING; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; MANURE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SLURRY; SURFACE WATER; TILE DRAIN; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; LAND DRAINAGE; MANURE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALIA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DAIRYING; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; MANURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; TEMPERATURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PRODUCTS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77950443665     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903669m     Document Type: Article

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