Assessing nutrient transport following dredging of agricultural drainage ditches

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 429-436

  Smith, D R ^a,b   Huang, C ^a  

^a NATIONAL SOIL EROSION RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation practices; Dredging; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE; DRAINAGE DITCHES; ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; GROWING SEASON; HIGHER PLANTS; NET LOSS; NUTRIENT LOADS; NUTRIENT LOSS; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; RE-COLONIZATION; SOLUBLE P; WATER CHEMISTRY;

PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

NUTRIENTS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOFILM; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; DREDGING; FILAMENTOUS ALGA; GROWING SEASON; HYDROLOGY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 77951782762     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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