Nitrate pollution from horticultural production systems - Tools for policy and advice from field to catchment scales

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 852, Issue , 2010, Pages 27-38

  Burns, I G ^a   Rahn, C R ^a   Parkinson, R ^b   Fuller, M P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental protection; Export coefficient model; Fertiliser; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); N ABLE; Nitrates Directive; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Simulation model; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951882306     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.852.2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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