Modeling non-point source pollution from rice farming in the Thachin River Basin

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 403-422

  Schaffner, Monika ^a,b   Bader, Hans Peter ^b   Scheidegger, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Material flow analysis; Non point source pollution; Nutrient balance; Rice farming; Thachin river; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; COMPLEMENTARITY; DATA SET; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; RICE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER SYSTEM; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

THA CHIN BASIN; THAILAND;

EID: 79952068629     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-010-9268-2     Document Type: Article

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