Impact of intensive horticulture practices on groundwater content of nitrates, sodium, potassium, and pesticides

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4539-4551

  Melo, Armindo ^a   Pinto, Edgar ^a   Aguiar, Ana ^a   Mansilha, Catarina ^a,b   Pinho, Olívia ^a   Ferreira, Isabel M P L V O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chemometric analysis; Groundwater; Intensive horticulture; Nitrates; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; DATA MATRICES; DATA VARIANCE; DRILLED WELLS; DUG WELL; INORGANIC FERTILIZERS; INTENSIVE HORTICULTURE; MONITORING PROGRAMS; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; PEARSON CORRELATION; PORTUGAL; POTASSIUM NITRATE; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLES;

AGRICULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION METHODS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; NITRATES; PESTICIDES; POTASSIUM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SODIUM; WELLS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

FUNGICIDE; GROUND WATER; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; PESTICIDE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GROUNDWATER; HORTICULTURE; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; NITRATE; NITRITE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POTASSIUM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SODIUM; WATER QUALITY; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HORTICULTURE; HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; PESTICIDES; PORTUGAL; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84864846428     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2283-4     Document Type: Article

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