Nitrate leaching from intensive organic farms to groundwater

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 333-341

  Dahan, O ^a   Babad, A ^a   Lazarovitch, N ^a   Russak, E E ^a   Kurtzman, D ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL AGRICULTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; LIQUID FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; PERCOLATING WATERS; SOLID ORGANIC MATTER;

FERTILIZERS; GREENHOUSES; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; NITRATES;

GROUNDWATER;

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LEACHING; MANURE; NITRATE; ORGANIC FARMING; PERCOLATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL AMENDMENT; VADOSE ZONE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84893151927     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-333-2014     Document Type: Article

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