Environmental indicators to assess the risk of diffuse nitrogen losses from agriculture

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1201-1222

  Buczko, Uwe ^a   Kuchenbuch, Rolf O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Agricultural nutrient management; Environmental indicator; Nitrate leaching; Nitrogen loss indicator; Non point source pollution; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL NUTRIENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; NITRATE LEACHING; NITROGEN LOSS; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LEACHING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF;

NITRITE; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LEACHING; NITRATE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT LOSS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HYDROLOGY; LEACHING; NITRATE LEACHING; NITROGEN BALANCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WEATHER;

EID: 77952879594     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9448-8     Document Type: Review

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