Forecasting the decline of excess soil phosphorus in agricultural catchments

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages 147-154

  Wall, D P ^a   Jordan, P ^a,b   Melland, A R ^a   Mellander, P E ^a   Mechan, S ^a   Shortle, G ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arable; Diffuse P sources; Grassland; Phosphorus balance; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ARABLE LAND; FORECASTING METHOD; LAND MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT LOSS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER SYSTEM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL TEST; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84874716763     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2012.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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