Computer-based evaluation of methods to sample nitrate leached from grazed pasture

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-26

  Lilburne, L ^a   Carrick, S ^a   Webb, T ^a   Moir, J ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Lysimeter; Nitrate leaching; Spatial sampling; Suction cup; Urine patches

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GRAZING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LEACHING; LYSIMETER; NITRATE; PASTURE; SAMPLING; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUCTION;

EID: 84857995728     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2011.00378.x     Document Type: Article

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