Iowa stream nitrate and the Gulf of Mexico

CS Jones, JK Nielsen, KE Schilling, LJ Weber - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The main objective of this work was to quantify and update the US Midwest agricultural state
of Iowa's contribution of nitrate-nitrogen to the Mississippi River stream network against the …

Iowa statewide stream nitrate load calculated using in situ sensor network

CS Jones, CA Davis, CW Drake… - JAWRA Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Various techniques exist to estimate stream nitrate loads when measured concentration data
are sparse. The inherent uncertainty associated with load estimation, however, makes …

Long-term nitrate-nitrogen reductions in a large flood control reservoir

KE Schilling, E Anderson, MT Streeter, C Theiling - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Flood-control reservoirs are common in the US and several are located in highly agricultural
regions of the Midwest. In this study, a mass balance of annual and seasonal NO 3-N …

Total phosphorus export from Iowa agricultural watersheds: Quantifying the scope and scale of a regional condition

KE Schilling, MT Streeter, A Seeman, CS Jones… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Total phosphorus (TP) export in rivers contributes to development of hypoxic conditions in
receiving waterbodies and is typically sourced to agricultural nonpoint sources. Systematic …

Quantifying the impact of a constructed wetland on downstream nitrate concentrations and loads in the US Midwest

E Anderson, KE Schilling, CL Just… - Frontiers in Environmental …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Constructed wetlands are standard conservation practices used to reduce nitrate loads in
agricultural watersheds. Many studies have examined the efficiency of denitrification in …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrological variability affects particulate nitrogen and phosphorus in streams of the Northern Great Plains

KJ Rattan, EA Blukacz-Richards, AG Yates… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Study region The study area is located in southern Manitoba, in the prairie region of Canada
Study focus This study examined the impact of hydrological variability on the timing and …

Iowa stream nitrate, discharge and precipitation: 30-year perspective

CS Jones, KE Schilling, IM Simpson… - Environmental …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract We evaluated Iowa Department of Natural Resources nitrate (NO 3–N) and US
Geological Survey hydrological data from 1987 to 2016 in nine agricultural watersheds to …

Stacked conservation practices reduce nitrogen loss: A paired watershed study

JY Law, LA Long, A Kaleita, M Helmers… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Combinations of best management practices (BMPs) are needed to achieve nutrient
reduction goals in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB), but field results are …

Evaluation of selected watershed characteristics to identify best management practices to reduce Nebraskan nitrate loads from Nebraska to the Mississippi …

AR Mittelstet, TE Gilmore, T Messer, DR Rudnick… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nebraskan streams contribute excess nitrogen to the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin
and Gulf of Mexico, which results in major water-quality impairments. Reducing the amount …

Orthophosphorus contributions to total phosphorus concentrations and loads in Iowa agricultural watersheds

KE Schilling, SW Kim, CS Jones… - … of environmental quality, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphorus (P) is delivered to streams as episodic particulate P and more continuous
soluble P (orthophosphorus [OP]), and it is important to determine the proportion of each P …