Antecedent moisture controls on stream nitrate flux in an agricultural watershed

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1494-1503

  Davis, Caroline A ^a   Ward, Adam S ^a,b   Burgin, Amy J ^c   Loecke, Terrance D ^c   Riveros Iregui, Diego A ^d   Schnoebelen, Douglas J ^a   Just, Craig L ^e   Thomas, Steven A ^c   Weber, Larry J ^a   St Clair, Martin A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e University of Iowa   (United States)

^f Department of Business Administration and Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; GROUNDWATER; LOADING; MOISTURE CONTROL; NITRATES; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; ANTECEDENT MOISTURE; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY; HYDROLOGIC PATHWAYS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; PRECIPITATION VOLUME;

RAIN;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; RAIN;

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; AGRICULTURAL WATERSHED; ANTECEDENT MOISTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; DYNAMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; LANDSCAPE; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL INFILTRATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATERSHED;

EID: 84904709253     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.11.0438     Document Type: Article

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