Nutrient leaching from mixed-species florida residential landscapes

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1534-1544

  Qin, Zhixuan ^a   Shober, Amy L ^a   Beeson Jr , Richard C ^b   Wiese, Christine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; DISSOLVED REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; LEACHATE SAMPLES; MIXED SPECIES; NUTRIENT LEACHING; REFERENCE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; VEGETATION COVER; WOODY ORNAMENTALS;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HOUSING; LEACHING; LYSIMETERS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; WATER; FERTILIZER; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOW; LANDSCAPE; LEACHING; NUTRIENT LEACHING; ORNAMENTAL PLANT; SHRUB; TURFGRASS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; WOODY PLANT; FLORIDA; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT;

FERTILIZERS; FLORIDA; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84884916178     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.04.0126     Document Type: Article

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