Increasing nitrate concentrations in streams draining into Lake Ontario

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 356-363

  Eimers, M Catherine ^a   Watmough, Shaun A ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Lake Ontario; Land use change; Nitrate; Tributary loading; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; LAND USE; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; RIVERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAKE ONTARIO; LAND-USE CHANGE; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT TRANSFER; STREAMS DRAINING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

LAKES;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAKE WATER; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LEAKAGE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; STREAMWATER; TRIBUTARY; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84955559431     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2016.01.002     Document Type: Article

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