Contribution of tile drains to basin discharge and nitrogen export in a headwater agricultural watershed

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 158, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-50

  Williams, M R ^a   King, K W ^a   Fausey, N R ^a  

^a SOIL DRAINAGE RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

Author keywords

Headwater; Hydrology; Monitoring; Nitrate; Subsurface drainage; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CULTIVATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGY; LOADING; MONITORING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; RIVERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL HEADWATER WATERSHEDS; AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; DRAINAGE WATER MANAGEMENT; HEAD WATERS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGES; WATER QUALITY STUDIES; WATERSHED DISCHARGES;

WATERSHEDS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COVER CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEADWATER; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RIVER DISCHARGE; RUNOFF; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TILE DRAIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

MISSISSIPPI BASIN; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929329961     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2015.04.009     Document Type: Article

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