Simulating land management options to reduce nitrate pollution in an agricultural watershed dominated by an alluvial aquifer

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-74

  Cerro, Itsasne ^a   Antigüedad, Iñaki ^a   Srinavasan, Raghavan ^b   Sauvage, Sabine ^c,d   Volk, Martin ^e   Sanchez Perez, José Miguel ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d Institut National Polytechnique   (France)

^e HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

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EID: 84894075584     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2011.0393     Document Type: Article

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