Determining the nitrate contribution of the Red River to the Atchafalaya River in the northern Gulf of Mexico under changing climate

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn 348, Issue , 2011, Pages 95-100

  Xu, Y Jun ^a   Bryantmason, April ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Gulf of Mexico; Mississippi Atchafalaya River; Nitrate; Red River; Riverine nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CHANGING CLIMATE; COASTAL REGIONS; CONTROL STRUCTURE; DIVERSION STRUCTURES; FUTURE CLIMATE; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MAKING UP; MASS LOAD; MASS LOADINGS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; MISSISSIPPI-ATCHAFALAYA; MODEL OUTPUTS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE LOADS; NITRATE NITROGEN; NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO; NUTRIENT FLUXES; NUTRIENT LOADS; POTENTIAL CHANGE; PRECIPITATION CHANGE; RED RIVER; RED RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER SYSTEMS; SUMMER MONTHS; UPPER MISSISSIPPI;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LOADING; NITRATES; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVER DIVERSION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; NITRATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RIVER BASIN; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ATCHAFALAYA RIVER; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; RED BASIN [UNITED STATES]; RED RIVER [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860586055     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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