Assessing impacts of alternative land use and agricultural practices on nitrate pollution at the catchment scale

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 409, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 440-450

  Laurent, François ^a   Ruelland, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU MAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Crop sequences; Modelling; Nitrate; Soil; SWAT

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CATCHMENT AREA; CATCHMENT SCALE; CLAYEY SOILS; CROP SEQUENCES; CULTURAL PRACTICES; DIFFERENT SCALE; GAUGING STATIONS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; MODELLING; NATURAL FEATURES; NITRATE LEACHING; NITRATE POLLUTION; NITROGEN FLOW; NO-TILL; SANDY SOILS; SOIL TYPES; SWAT; SWAT MODEL;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; CLIMATOLOGY; CROPS; CULTIVATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; LEACHING; OILSEEDS; REMOTE SENSING; RUNOFF; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

NITRATES;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CATCH CROP; CLAY SOIL; CULTIVATION; LAND USE CHANGE; MAIZE; NITRATE; REMOTE SENSING; SANDY SOIL; SOIL TYPE; STAKEHOLDER; WHEAT;

FRANCE;

BRASSICA NAPUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80054076904     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.08.041     Document Type: Article

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