Using nitrogen-15 to quantify vegetative buffer effectiveness for sequestering nitrogen in runoff

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2252-2262

  Bedard Haughn, A ^a   Tate, K W ^a   Van Kessel, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; VEGETATION;

BUFFER TREATMENTS; N SEQUESTRATION; NITROGEN-15;

NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; BUFFER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; POTASSIUM NITRATE; RUNOFF;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRASS;

EID: 8744269498     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.2252     Document Type: Article

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