Nitrogen yields from New Zealand coastal catchments to receiving estuaries

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1039-1052

  Heggie, Keira ^a   Savage, Candida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agricultural land use; Nitrogen loading model; Water quality management

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CATCHMENT; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; VADOSE ZONE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 77957756096     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2009.9626527     Document Type: Article

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