Evaluating nutrient source regulations at different scales in five agricultural catchments

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 24, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-43

  Wall, D P ^a   Murphy, P N C ^a   Melland, A R ^a   Mechan, S ^a   Shine, O ^a   Buckley, C ^b   Mellander, P E ^a   Shortle, G ^a   Jordan, P ^c  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b Rural Economy Research Centre Ireland   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchments; Nitrates Directive; Nitrogen; Nutrient management; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT SOURCE REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 84870243130     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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