Phosphorus indices: Why we need to take stock of how we are doing

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1711-1719

  Sharpley, Andrew ^a   Beegle, Doug ^b   Bolster, Carl ^c   Good, Laura ^d   Joern, Brad ^e   Ketterings, Quirine ^f   Lory, John ^g   Mikkelsen, Rob ^h   Osmond, Deanna ⁱ   Vadas, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Cornell Univ ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^h International Plant Nutrition Institute   (United States)

ⁱ NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHORUS; RISK PERCEPTION; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL TESTING; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; WATER QUALITY;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS; MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS; MANURE APPLICATIONS; NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICES; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; RIGOROUS EVALUATION; WATER QUALITY MODELING;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

PHOSPHORUS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MANURE; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84869383754     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2012.0040     Document Type: Article

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