The MANAGE Drain Load database: Review and compilation of more than fifty years of North American drainage nutrient studies

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 159, Issue , 2015, Pages 277-289

  Christianson, L E ^a   Harmel, R D ^b  

^a The Conservation Fund   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage hydrology; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934268845     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2015.06.021     Document Type: Review

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