Main Title |
Regional Water Quality Impacts of Intensive Row-Crop Agriculture: A Lake Erie Basin Case Study. |
Author |
Baker, D. B. ;
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CORP Author |
Heidelberg Coll., Tiffin, OH. Water Quality Lab.;Environmental Research Lab., Athens, GA. |
Publisher |
c1985 |
Year Published |
1985 |
Report Number |
EPA-R-805436; EPA/600/J-85/530; |
Stock Number |
PB89-103634 |
Additional Subjects |
Agricultural products ;
Water quality ;
Nitrates ;
Herbicides ;
Contaminants ;
Water pollution ;
Soil conservation ;
Erosion ;
Lake Erie ;
Reprints ;
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
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Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB89-103634 |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
9p |
Abstract |
Intensive row-crop agriculture dominates land use in the northwestern Ohio River basins draining into Lake Erie. Detailed, long-term studies of water quality in these rivers reveal high unit-area P loads entering Lake Erie, even though gross erosion rates are relatively low. Concentrations of nitrate-N and currently used herbicides are also high from May through July, both in surface waters and in public water supplies derived therefrom. Conservation tillage could increase nitrate and herbicide contamination of area waters. The region's detailed baseline nutrient and herbicide data provide an opportunity to evaluate the effects of conservation tillage on a variety of water quality parameters. To separate weather-related from management-related effects, an ecosystem approach is advocated. (Copyright (c) Soil Conservation Society of America 1985.) |
Supplementary Notes |
Pub. in Jnl. of Soil and Water Conservation, v40 n1 p125-132 Jan/Feb 85. Sponsored by Environmental Research Lab., Athens, GA. |
NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
Title Annotations |
Reprint: Regional Water Quality Impacts of Intensive Row-Crop Agriculture: A Lake Erie Basin Case Study. |
Category Codes |
68D; 68E; 57U; 43F; 48B |
NTIS Prices |
Not available NTIS |
Primary Description |
600/01 |
Document Type |
NT |
Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
Control Number |
833026264 |
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NTIS |
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CAT |