Advancing the Food-Energy-Water Nexus: Closing Nutrient Loops in Arid River Corridors

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 16, 2016, Pages 8485-8496

  Mortensen, Jacob G ^a   González Pinzón, Ricardo ^a   Dahm, Clifford N ^b   Wang, Jingjing ^b   Zeglin, Lydia H ^c   Van Horn, David J ^b  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BUDGET CONTROL; COASTAL ZONES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; IRRIGATION; RIVERS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ACCURATE QUANTIFICATIONS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NUTRIENTS; IN-STREAM PROCESS; IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION NETWORKS; NUTRIENT RETENTION; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; TREATED WASTEWATER;

NUTRIENTS;

PHOSPHORUS; WATER; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

ARID REGION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED INORGANIC MATTER; FOOD AVAILABILITY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RECYCLING; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ENERGY; FOOD; GROWING SEASON; INORGANIC NUTRIENT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; RIVER; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT;

RIO GRANDE [NORTH AMERICA];

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SEASONS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84983261819     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b01351     Document Type: Article

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