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A vexing problem: Keeping farm‐based phosphorus out of Lake Erie
Author(s) -
Ehmke Tanner
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
crops and soils
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2325-3606
pISSN - 0162-5098
DOI - 10.2134/cs2013-46-3-1
Subject(s) - phosphorus , environmental science , tillage , agriculture , pollution , algal bloom , environmental protection , fishery , ecology , nutrient , biology , materials science , phytoplankton , metallurgy
Proper phosphorus fertilizer management is no longer just an issue for agriculture. On the heels of record‐breaking blooms of algae in places like Lake Erie, the public has taken a keen interest in how farmers and their CCAs keep phosphorus, or P, on their fields. And conservation tillage practices like no‐till may be at the heart of the pollution problem.