The impact of fertilization and hydrology on nitrate fluxes from Mississippi watersheds

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 212-218

  Raymond, Peter A ^a   David, Mark B ^b   Saiers, James E ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HYDROLOGY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAM; WATERSHED;

MISSISSIPPI BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860636732     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2012.04.001     Document Type: Review

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