Long-term observations of nitrogen and phosphorus export in paired-agricultural watersheds under controlled and conventional tile drainage

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1589-1604

  Sunohara, M D ^a   Gottschall, N ^a   Wilkes, G ^a   Craiovan, E ^a   Topp E , ^b   Que, Z ^c   Seidou, O ^c   Frey, S K ^a,d   Lapen, D R ^a  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d Aquanty Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CALIBRATION; CATCHMENTS; CULTIVATION; NUTRIENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; CALIBRATION PERIODS; CONTROLLED TILE DRAINAGES; EFFECTIVE PRACTICES; LONG TERM OBSERVATIONS; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; PAIRED WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CATCHMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED TILE DRAINAGE; CONVENTIONAL TILE DRAINAGE; GROWING SEASON; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; UNCONTROLLED TILE DRAINAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED;

EID: 84938135219     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2015.01.0008     Document Type: Article

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