Assessing watershed transport of atrazine and nitrate to evaluate conservation practice effects and advise future monitoring strategies

Environmental Management

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 267-284

  O'Donnell, T Kevin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b US EPA Great Lakes National Program Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Best management practices; Monitoring; Nonpoint source pollution; Nutrients; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; AGRICULTURAL POLLUTANTS; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; COMPOSITING; CRITICAL INFORMATION; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; LOAD CALCULATION; MISSOURIS; MONITORING PERIODS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; MONITORING STATIONS; MONITORING STRATEGY; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PUBLIC SUPPORT; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; STORM EVENTS; THRESHOLD LEVELS; WATERSHED MONITORING;

AGRICULTURE; LANDFORMS; MONITORING; NUTRIENTS; PESTICIDES; REDUCTION; TAXATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

HERBICIDES;

ATRAZINE; NITRATE; RAIN; RUNOFF; SPRING EVENT RUNOFF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ATRAZINE; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUTURE PROSPECT; NITRATE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; AGRICULTURE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GRASS WATERWAY; HURRICANE; HYDROGRAPHY; NUTRIENT LOADING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION; SEASON; SPRING; TERRACE DRAINED BY GRASS WATERWAY; TERRACE DRAINED BY UNDERGROUND OUTLET; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

ATRAZINE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LINEAR MODELS; MISSOURI; NITRATES; RAIN; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GOODWATER CREEK; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856727102     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-011-9780-7     Document Type: Article

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