Nutrient Sources and Transport in the Missouri River Basin, with Emphasis on the Effects of Irrigation and Reservoirs

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1034-1060

  Brown, Juliane B ^a   Sprague, Lori A ^a   Dupree, Jean A ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow modifications; Lakes; Missouri River Basin; Modeling; Nutrients; Reservoirs; Rivers streams; Statistics; Transport; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FLOW MODIFICATIONS; LARGE PARTS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MISSOURI RIVER BASIN; MISSOURIS; NITROGEN LOADS; NUTRIENT LOADS; NUTRIENT SOURCES; PHOSPHORUS LOADS; PLATTE RIVER; RIVER BASINS; RIVERS/STREAMS; STREAM CHANNELS; SUBBASINS; TRANSPORT; WATERBODIES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; FORESTRY; IRRIGATION; LAKES; MANURES; MODELS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; PHOSPHORUS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; STATISTICS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

NUTRIENTS;

ANOXIA; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NUTRIENT BUDGET; POINT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RIVER BASIN; URBAN DRAINAGE; WATER QUALITY;

MISSOURI BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860388891     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00584.x     Document Type: Article

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