Effects of watershed densities of animal feeding operations on nutrient concentrations and estrogenic activity in agricultural streams

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 414, Issue , 2012, Pages 268-276

  Ciparis, Serena ^a   Iwanowicz, Luke R ^b   Voshell, J Reese ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Estrogens; Nutrients; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL STREAMS; ANALYTES; ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; ESTROGENIC ACTIVITIES; ESTROGENS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LOW FLOW; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; RECEIVING WATERS; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SAMPLING PERIOD; VIRGINIA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WWTP EFFLUENT; YEAST ESTROGEN SCREEN;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; EFFLUENTS; FERTILIZERS; LANDFORMS; MANURES; NUTRIENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ESTRADIOL; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATE; RIVER WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENSITY; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORTHOPHOSPHATE; STREAMWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AGRICULTURAL STREAM; ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATION; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LANDSCAPE; MANURE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ESTROGENS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; VIRGINIA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YEASTS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84855543409     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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