Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Recent agricultural land use change in east-central Ontario, including the expansion of intensive agriculture (corn and soybean crops) and tile drainage (TD) infrastructure, may alter the fluxes of both phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) to the Lower Great Lakes. Through intensive monitoring of several sub-watersheds that encompassed a range of row crop and TD extents, this study examined… more Full Text: Effects of Intensive Agriculture on Stream Nutrient Export in EastCentral Ontario, Canada A thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate studies in partial fulfilment of the thesis requirements for the degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Arts …