Effectiveness of unfertilized buffer strips for reducing nitrogen loads from agricultural lowland to surface waters

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 322-333

  Noij, Ignatius G A M ^a   Heinen, Marius ^a   Heesmans, Hanneke I M ^a   Thissen, Jac T N M ^a   Groenendijk, Piet ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BUFFER STRIP; DRAINAGE PATTERNS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; LOCAL CONDITIONS; NETHERLANDS; NITROGEN LOADS; RELATIVE REDUCTION; RESIDENCE TIME; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SITE-SPECIFIC; SURFACE RUNOFFS;

AGRICULTURE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY;

SURFACE WATERS;

BUFFER; GROUND WATER; NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENITRIFICATION; NETHERLANDS; SAND; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; NITROGEN; POACEAE; WATER;

EID: 84858591600     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0545     Document Type: Article

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