Nitrogen in soils, plants, surface water and shallow groundwater in a bahiagrass pasture of Southern Florida, USA

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-187

  Sigua, Gilbert C ^a   Hubbard, Robert K ^b   Coleman, Samuel W ^a   Williams, Mimi ^c  

^a USDA ARS SubTropical Agricultural Research Station   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bahiagrass; Cow calf; Groundwater; Inorganic nitrogen; Nutrient cycling; Plant uptake; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AMMONIA; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; FORAGE; GRASS; GRAZING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; LABORATORY METHOD; NITRATE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PASTURE; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NITROGEN; TIN; WATER QUALITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; PASPALUM; PASPALUM NOTATUM;

EID: 77952672362     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-009-9281-8     Document Type: Article

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