Navigating the socio-bio-geo-chemistry and engineering of nitrogen management in two Illinois tile-drained watersheds

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 368-381

  David, Mark B ^a   Flint, Courtney G ^b   Gentry, Lowell E ^a   Dolan, Mallory K ^b   Czapar, George F ^a   Cooke, Richard A ^a   Lavaire, Tito ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; DRAINAGE; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM; CONSERVATION PRACTICES; DRAINAGE WATER MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

NITRATES;

FERTILIZER; NITRATE; NITROGEN;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; BIOPHYSICS; BIOREACTOR; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; COVER CROP; CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT LOADING; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; REDUCTION; SOCIOLOGY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84925384493     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.01.0036     Document Type: Article

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