Long-term agroecosystem research in the Central Mississippi River Basin: Dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus transport in a high-runoff-potential watershed

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-57

  Lerch, R N ^a   Baffaut, C ^a   Kitchen, N R ^a   Sadler, E J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT; LONG-TERM MONITORING DATUM; MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN; WINTER WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.);

WATERSHEDS;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROPLAND; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LAND USE; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PASTURE; RIVER; SORGHUM; SOYBEAN; TALL FESCUE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED; WHEAT; WINTER WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84920982407     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.02.0059     Document Type: Article

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