Assessment of the predictive quality of simple indicator approaches for nitrate leaching from agricultural fields

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1305-1315

  Buczko, Uwe ^a   Kuchenbuch, R O ^b   Lennartz, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b Agricultural Analysis and Research Institute LUFA Rostock   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agri environmental management; Environmental indicator; Nitrate leaching; Nitrogen loss; Non point source pollution; Validation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; EXCHANGE FREQUENCY; N BALANCE; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE LEACHING; NITROGEN LOSS; NONPOINT-SOURCE POLLUTION (NPS); SIMPLE++; VALIDATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

NITRATE; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LEACHING; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GERMANY; LEACHING; NITRATE LEACHING; NITROGEN BALANCE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SOIL TEXTURE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION;

GERMANY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950921543     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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