Relating management practices and nutrient export in agricultural watersheds of the united states

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1939-1950

  Sprague, Lori A ^a   Gronberg, Jo Ann M ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS; CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; DATA SETS; EMPIRICAL REGRESSION MODEL; INTERACTION TERM; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NITROGEN TRANSPORT; NUTRIENT EXPORT; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; SOIL ERODIBILITY; STREAM QUALITY; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; VEGETATIVE COVER;

AGRICULTURE; EROSION; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

NUTRIENTS;

GROUND WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; CROPLAND; FOREST; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NUTRIENT EXPORT; PASTURELAND; RANGELAND; SOIL EROSION; UNITED STATES; VEGETATIVE STAGE; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84869459779     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2012.0073     Document Type: Article

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