Non-agricultural sources of groundwater nitrate: a review and case study

FT Wakida, DN Lerner - Water research, 2005 - Elsevier
Nitrate is often seen as an agricultural pollutant of groundwater and so is expected to be at
higher concentrations in the groundwaters surrounding a city than in those beneath it …

Ecological homogenization of urban USA

PM Groffman, J Cavender-Bares… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A visually apparent but scientifically untested outcome of land‐use change is
homogenization across urban areas, where neighborhoods in different parts of the country …

Regional nitrogen budgets and riverine N & P fluxes for the drainages to the North Atlantic Ocean: Natural and human influences

RW Howarth, G Billen, D Swaney, A Townsend… - Nitrogen cycling in the …, 1996 - Springer
We present estimates of total nitrogen and total phosphorus fluxes in rivers to the North
Atlantic Ocean from 14 regions in North America, South America, Europe, and Africa which …

Reducing Nitrogen Loading to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River Basin: Strategies to Counter a Persistent Ecological Problem: Ecotechnology—the use of …

WJ Mitsch, JW Day, JW Gilliam, PM Groffman… - …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
A partial reduction in the quantity of nutrients reaching the Gulf of Mexico, particularly nitrate–
nitrogen, can be accomplished through several general approaches and specific techniques …

The role of turfgrasses in environmental protection and their benefits to humans

JB Beard, RL Green - Journal of environmental quality, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
Turfgrasses have been utilized by humans to enhance their environment for more than 10
centuries. The complexity and comprehensiveness of these environmental benefits that …

[BOOK][B] Soil and water quality: An agenda for agriculture

National Research Council… - 1993 - books.google.com
How can the United States meet demands for agricultural production while solving the
broader range of environmental problems attributed to farming practices? National …

Nitrogen loading from coastal watersheds to receiving estuaries: new method and application

I Valiela, G Collins, J Kremer, K Lajtha… - Ecological …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper we develop a model to estimate nitrogen loading to watersheds and receiving
waters, and then apply the model to gain insight about sources, losses, and transport of …

Evaluating nutrient impacts in urban watersheds: Challenges and research opportunities

RO Carey, GJ Hochmuth, CJ Martinez, TH Boyer… - Environmental …, 2013 - Elsevier
This literature review focuses on the prevalence of nitrogen and phosphorus in urban
environments and the complex relationships between land use and water quality. Extensive …

[BOOK][B] Redesigning the American lawn: a search for environmental harmony

FH Bormann, D Balmori, GT Geballe, GT Geballe - 2001 - books.google.com
The authors in this book argue that our dedication to maintaining beautiful lawns is
contributing to the serious environmental problems facing the planet, and they offer …

Anthropogenic inputs of nitrogen and phosphorus and riverine export for Illinois, USA

MB David, LE Gentry - 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural nonpoint sources are important contributors of N and P to surface waters. We
determined N and P net anthropogenic inputs for Illinois, examining changes during the last …