Environmental and management factors that influence drainage water P loads from Everglades Agricultural Area farms of South Florida

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 170-180

  Lang, Timothy A ^a   Oladeji, Olawale ^a   Josan, Manohardeep ^a   Daroub, Samira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural runoff; Best management practice; Histosol; Multiple linear regression; Phosphorus load; Principal Component Analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA PROCESSING; DRAINAGE WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; RAINFALL; SOIL DEPTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUGAR CANE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955087334     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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