Hydrology and water quality across gradients of agricultural intensity in the Little River watershed area, New Brunswick, Canada

Journal of Soil and Water Conservation

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-84

  Chow, L ^a   Xing, Z ^a   Benoy, G ^a   Rees, H W ^a   Meng, F ^b   Jiang, Y ^c   Daigle, J L ^d  

^a FREDERICTON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c PE ^*  (Canada)

^d Eastern Canada Soil and Water Conservation Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agrichemicals; Monitoring station; Sediments; Water flow; Water quality; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ALKALINE EARTH METAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; ION; LANDSCAPE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; POTATO; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIME SERIES; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

GEORGIA; LITTLE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 79952016747     PISSN: 00224561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2489/jswc.66.1.71     Document Type: Conference Paper

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