Nitrate-nitrogen patterns in engineered catchments in the upper Mississippi River basin

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-9

  Schilling, Keith E ^a   Jones, Christopher S ^b   Seeman, Anthony ^b   Bader, Eileen ^c   Filipiak, Jennifer ^c  

^a Iowa Geological Survey   (United States)

^b Iowa Soybean Association   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Headwater streams; Iowa; Nitrate nitrogen; Tile drainage

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; HEADWATER STREAM; IOWA; NITRATE NITROGEN; TILE DRAINAGE;

CATCHMENTS; CULTIVATION; DRAINAGE; NITROGEN; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHEDS;

REDUCTION;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; BIOENGINEERING; HEADWATER; HYPOXIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; TEMPORAL PERIOD; TILE DRAIN; WATER QUALITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CORN BELT; GULF OF MEXICO; IOWA; MISSISSIPPI BASIN; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84857482304     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.01.026     Document Type: Article

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