Review: Reducing residual soil nitrogen losses from agroecosystems for surface water protection in Quebec and Ontario, Canada: Best management practices, policies and perspectives

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 109-127

  Rasouli, Sogol ^a   Whalen, Joann K ^a   Madramootoo, Chandra A ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Eutrophication; Non point source pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899817191     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: 19181841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJSS2013-015     Document Type: Article

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