Source-pathway separation of multiple contaminants during a rainfall-runoff event in an artificially drained agricultural watershed

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 882-895

  Tomer, M D ^a   Wilson, C G ^b   Moorman, T B ^a   Cole, K J ^a   Heer, D ^c   Isenhart, T M ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; ALLUVIAL VALLEYS; CHANNEL SOURCE; E. COLI; HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION; LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MITIGATION STRATEGY; MULTIPLE CONTAMINANTS; NITRATE-N; RADIONUCLIDE ACTIVITY; RAINFALL-RUNOFF EVENTS; RILL EROSION; STREAM BANKS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TILE DRAINAGE; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CONTAMINATION; CULTIVATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMPURITIES; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

BERYLLIUM; LEAD; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RUNOFF;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL EROSION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RIVERS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77952214646     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0289     Document Type: Article

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