Influence of antecedent hydrologic conditions on patterns of hydrochemical export from a first-order agricultural watershed in Southern Ontario, Canada

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 389, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 101-110

  Macrae, M L ^a   English, M C ^b   Schiff, S L ^a   Stone, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Antecedent hydrologic conditions; Hydrology; Nitrate; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; ANTECEDENT HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; DATA SETS; EVENT STREAMS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FIRST-ORDER; HYDROCHEMICALS; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT EXPORT; ONTARIO , CANADA; PREDICTIVE RELATIONSHIPS; SIMILAR PATTERN; SIMPLE LINEAR RELATIONSHIP; SNOWMELT; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; STREAM DISCHARGE; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; UPLAND AREA; WATER TABLES; WEIGHTED MEAN;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; HYDRAULICS; LANDFORMS; NITRATES; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; WATER; WATERSHEDS;

NUTRIENTS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; DATA SET; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NITRATE; NUTRIENT; SNOWMELT; WATERSHED;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 77954385358     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.05.034     Document Type: Article

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