Runoff water quality during drought in a zero-order Georgia piedmont pasture: Nitrogen and total organic carbon

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 969-979

  Endale, Dinku M ^a   Fisher, Dwight S ^a   Owens, Lloyd B ^a   Jenkins, Michael B ^a   Schomberg, Harry H ^a   Tebes Stevens, Caroline L ^b   Bonta, James V ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; CARBON LOSS; DATA SETS; DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; GEORGIA; HEADWATER STREAM; NITRATE NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT LOADS; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TOTAL LOAD; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER QUALITY DATA; WATER QUALITY STANDARD;

AGRICULTURE; DROUGHT; EUTROPHICATION; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; POTABLE WATER; RAIN; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

DRINKING WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; RAIN; RUNOFF;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; DROUGHT; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); GRAZING; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PASTURE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CARBON; CATTLE; DROUGHTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FRESH WATER; GEORGIA; NITRATES; NITROGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RAIN; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79956104151     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0411     Document Type: Article

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