Nitrate concentrations in groundwater under contrasting agricultural management practices in the low plains of Italy

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-56

  Morari, F ^a   Lugato, E ^a   Polese, R ^a   Berti, A ^a   Giardini, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gas losses; Leaching; Nitrate Vulnerable Zone; Nitrogen; Shallow groundwater; Upward water movement

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FARMING SYSTEM; GAS TRANSPORT; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NITRATE; PERCOLATION; SEDIMENT; SHALLOW WATER; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL SURFACE; TENSIOMETER; VADOSE ZONE; VULNERABILITY; WATER BUDGET; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

ITALY;

EID: 84655167981     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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