Long-term changes in nitrate conditions over the 20th century in two Midwestern Corn Belt streams

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 525, Issue , 2015, Pages 559-571

  Kelly, Valerie ^a   Stets, Edward G ^a   Crawford, Charlie ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn Belt streams; Nitrate; Nutrient transport; Stationarity; Weighted regression

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STREAM FLOW; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; CORN BELT STREAMS; HIGH FLOW CONDITIONS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; STATIONARITY; SYNTHETIC FERTILIZERS; WEIGHTED REGRESSION;

NITRATES;

LONG-TERM CHANGE; NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RIVER FLOW; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STREAMFLOW; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

CORN BELT; UNITED STATES;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84928314187     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.03.062     Document Type: Article

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