Agricultural nitrogen balance and water quality in the UK .

Autor: Anthony, S.G., Goodlass, G., Lord, E.I.
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Zdroj: Soil Use & Management; Dec2002, Vol. 18 Issue 4, p363, 7p
Abstrakt: Focuses on nutrient balance calculations which have been advocated as indicators of the risk of nitrate loss from agricultural land. How a spatially distributed United Kingdom (UK) agricultural nitrogen balance was derived using annually updated statistics; Findings that nitrogen surpluses were greater in lowland grassland than in arable areas. However nitrate concentrations in rivers were generally greater in arable areas.
Databáze: Complementary Index