Least-cost control of agricultural nutrient contributions to the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1542-1555

  Rabotyagov, Sergey ^a   Campbell, Todd ^b   Jha, Manoj ^b   Gassman, Philip W ^b   Arnold, Jeffrey ^c   Kurkalova, Lyubov ^d   Secchi, Silvia ^e   Feng, Hongli ^b   Kling, Catherine L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d North Carolina AandT University   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural conservation practices; Evolutionary algorithm; Gulf of mexico; Hypoxia; Nonpoint source pollution; Upper mississippi river basin; USA; Water quality

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; POLICY MAKING; STAKEHOLDER; TRADE-OFF; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; RIVER; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN; RIVERS; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956449319     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0680.1     Document Type: Article

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