A geospatial approach to targeting constructed wetlands for nitrate removal in agricultural watersheds

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-357

  Kalcic, M ^a   Chaubey, I ^a   Frankenberger, J ^a   Kladivko, E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Geographic Information System (GIS); Nitrate; Water quality; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE; AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONTRIBUTING AREAS; GEO-SPATIAL; INDIANA; LAND CONVERSION; NITRATE LOADINGS; NITRATE LOADS; NITRATE REDUCTION; NITRATE REMOVAL; STUDY AREAS; TILE DRAINAGE; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED SCALE;

CULTIVATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LOADING; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; NITRATES; SOIL CONSERVATION; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

WETLANDS;

EID: 84863466282     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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