Scale issues for assessment of nutrient leaching from agricultural land in Latvia

Hydrology Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 383-399

  Lagzdins, Ainis ^a   Jansons, Viesturs ^a   Sudars, Ritvars ^a   Abramenko, Kaspars ^a  

^a LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Agricultural runoff; Monitoring scales; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Probability distribution

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM; CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; DATA SERIES; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT LEACHING; NUTRIENT LOADING; SMALL CATCHMENT; SPATIAL SCALE; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGES; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; LEACHING; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; DRAINAGE WATER; LEACHING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROBABILITY; RIVER WATER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

LATVIA;

EID: 84865174301     PISSN: 00291277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/nh.2012.122     Document Type: Article

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