Evaluating the Impact of Legacy P and Agricultural Conservation Practices on Nutrient Loads from the Maumee River Watershed

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 8146-8154

  Muenich, Rebecca Logsdon ^a   Kalcic, Margaret ^a,b   Scavia, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; LAKES; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; PHOSPHORUS LOADING; SPRING PRECIPITATION;

PHOSPHORUS;

PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALGAL BLOOM; BIOFUEL; CROPPING PRACTICE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LAND USE CHANGE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHORUS; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; COVER CROP; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LAND USE; NUTRIENT; RIVER; WATERSHED; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE;

CANADA; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ERIE; MAUMEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKES; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS;

EID: 84982699531     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b01421     Document Type: Article

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