| Title: | Potential water quality changes due to corn expansion in the Upper Mississippi River Basin |
| Authors: | Secchi, S., P.W. Gassman, M. Jha, L. Kurkalova and C.L. Kling |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Journal: | Ecological Applications |
| Volume (Issue): | 21(4) |
| Pages: | 1068-1084 |
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| DOI: | 10.1890/09-0619.1 |
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| Model: | SWAT |
| Broad Application Category: | hydrologic and pollutant |
| Primary Application Category: | economic and or cost/benefit assessment |
| Secondary Application Category: | pollutant cycling/loss and transport |
| Watershed Description: | 492,000 km^2 Upper Mississippi River in parts of Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, South Dakota and Michigan, U.S. |
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| General Comments: | The watershed area information was reported in Rabotyagov, S., T. Campbell, M. Jha, P.W. Gassman, J. Arnold, L. Kurkalova, S. Secchi, H. Feng and C.L. Kling. 2010. Least-cost control of agricultural nutrient contributions to the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone. Ecological Applications. 20(6): 1542-1555. Doi: 10.1890/08-0680.1. |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | Biofuels, water quality, Upper Mississippi River Basin, water quality modeling, corn |