Assessment of nitrogen contamination of groundwater in paddy and upland fields

Paddy and Water Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-307

  Kao, Y H ^a   Liu, C W ^a   Jang, C S ^b   Zanh, S W ^a   Lin, K H ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ammonium N; Contamination; Groundwater; Nitrate N; Paddy; Plow sole; Upland

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM-N; NITRATE-N; PADDY; PLOW SOLE; UPLAND;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; AQUIFERS; CONTAMINATION; CROPS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN; RATING; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 79961207697     PISSN: 16112490     EISSN: 16112504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10333-010-0234-2     Document Type: Article

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