Long-term agroecosystem research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: Goodwater Creek Experimental Watershed and regional nutrient water quality data

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-43

  Lerch, R N ^a   Kitchen, N R ^a   Baffaut, C ^a   Vories, E D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; NUTRIENTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES; EFFECTIVE PRACTICES; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; HERBICIDE TRANSPORT; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; METHOD DETECTION LIMITS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS;

WATERSHEDS;

FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; HERBICIDE;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ALGAL GROWTH; ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CROP; DEVICES; GROWTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; INVERTEBRATE; LEACHING; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MANURE; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; QUALITY CONTROL; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ALGAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84920964316     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2013.12.0518     Document Type: Article

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