Phosphorus losses from an irrigated Watershed in the Northwestern United States: Case study of the upper snake rock Watershed

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 552-559

  Bjorneberg, David L ^a   Leytem, April B ^a   Ippolito, James A ^a   Koehn, Anita C ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

CONSERVATION PRACTICES; IRRIGATION RETURN FLOWS; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; PHOSPHORUS LOSS; RECEIVING WATER BODIES; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TSS CONCENTRATION;

SURFACE WATERS;

PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NUTRIENT LOADING; RIVER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

EID: 84925400307     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.04.0166     Document Type: Article

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