Estimation of monthly diffuse nutrient loads for a watershed in Turkey

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 219-229

  Gurel, Melike ^a   Erturk, Ali ^a   Seker, Dursun Z ^a   Tanik, Aysegul ^a   Ekdal, Alpaslan ^a   Avsar, Cigdem ^a   Ozturk, Izzet ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diffuse pollution; Geographical information systems (GIS); Interbasin water transfer; Melen Watershed; Nutrient loads; Remote sensing (RS)

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSE POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS); INTER-BASIN WATER TRANSFER; MELEN WATERSHED; NUTRIENT LOADS;

FORESTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LANDFORMS; NUTRIENTS; POLLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; WATERSHEDS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

FERTILIZER;

FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; MEGACITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NUTRIENT LOADING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; GIS; NUTRIENTS; POLLUTION; REMOTE SENSING; WATER SHEDS;

ISTANBUL [ISTANBUL (PRV)]; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 79955704685     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: 17476593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2009.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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