A simple index explains annual atrazine transport from surface runoff-prone watersheds in the north-central USA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 210-217

  Sadler, E J ^a   Sudduth, K A ^a   Lerch, R N ^a   Baffaut, C ^a   Kitchen, N R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrazine; CEAP; Claypan; Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed; Vulnerability index; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATIONS; APPLICATION RATES; CEAP; CLAYPAN; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; GENERALIZED INDEX; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; VULNERABILITY INDEX;

HERBICIDES;

WATERSHEDS;

ATRAZINE; HYDROLOGY; INDEX METHOD; REACTION KINETICS; RUNOFF; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATERSHED;

GOODWATER CREEK; MARK TWAIN LAKE; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891537478     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9544     Document Type: Article

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