Agricultural land use and hydrology affect variability of shallow groundwater nitrate concentration in South Florida

• Published in: Hydrological processes Vol. 21; no. 18; pp. 2464 - 2473
• Main Authors: Ritter, A, Muñoz-Carpena, R, Bosch, D.D, Schaffer, B, Potter, T.L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 30.08.2007; Wiley
• Subjects: agricultural land; aquifers; corn; crops; drainage channels; dynamic factor analysis; Earth sciences; Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; Florida; groundwater; groundwater flow; hydrologic factors; hydrology; Hydrology. Hydrogeology; irrigation; land use; multivariate time series; national parks; nitrate; nitrates; nonpoint source pollution; quantitative analysis; rain; soil; strip cropping; time series analysis; urbanization; water quality; water table; wells; Florida; United States; Everglades; USA, Florida, Miami; USA, Florida, Everglades Natl. Park; projects; dynamic factor analysis; ground water; nitrate; nitrates; pollution; networks; nonpoint sources; North America; agriculture; irrigation; water resources; land use; aquifers; soils; direction; canals; rainfall; nonpoint source pollution; fertilization; hydrology; multivariate time series; nitrogen; water table; concentration; groundwater; in situ; factor analysis; water quality; management; drainage; national parks

South Florida's Miami-Dade agricultural area is located between two protected natural areas, the Biscayne and Everglades National Parks, subject to the costliest environmental restoration project in history. Agriculture, an important economic activity in the region, competes for land and water...