Vertical stratification of soil phosphorus as a concern for dissolved phosphorus runoff in the Lake Erie basin

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1287-1295

  Baker, David B ^a   Johnson, Laura T ^a   Confesor, Remegio B ^a   Crumrine, John P ^a  

^a HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; AMINO ACIDS; EUTROPHICATION; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); DISSOLVED PHOSPHORUS; DISSOLVED REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; GLYCINE MAX (L.) MERR; PARTICULATE PHOSPHORUS; SOIL PHOSPHORUS; STRATIFIED SOIL; VERTICAL STRATIFICATION;

LAKES;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROPLAND; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; REDUCTION (CHEMISTRY); RUNOFF; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOYBEAN; STRATIFICATION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; GREAT LAKES REGION; LAKES; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 85015887518     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2016.09.0337     Document Type: Article

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