Temporal trends of risk of water contamination by phosphorus from agricultural land in the great lakes watersheds of Canada

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 443-453

  van Bochove, Eric ^a   Denault, Jean Thomas ^a   Leclerc, Marie Line ^a   Thériault, Georges ^a   Dechmi, Farida ^b   Allaire, Suzanne E ^c   Rousseau, Alain N ^d   Drury, Craig F ^e  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^e HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Great lakes; Lake erie; Lake huron; Lake ontario; Non point source pollution; Phosphorus; Risk indicator; Water contamination; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAKE POLLUTION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PHOSPHORUS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES BASIN; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 79960435526     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: 19181841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjss09122     Document Type: Article

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