692 Index
Global warming , 214–15
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
(G6PDH) deficiency , 86
Glutamate , 74–5
Glycerol polylactate , 611
Grazing animals , 32 , 397–8
impact on watersheds , 223–4
See also Livestock ; Pasture systems
Green payments , 656–8 , 665
Greenness , 501
Greenness index (GI) , 115
Groundwater , 177–8
forms of nitrogen in , 178
nitrogen contamination levels , 179
distribution, United states , 191–5
temporal factors , 179–80
quality , 8 , 34–5
transport processes , 34–7
vulnerability to nitrogen , 180–90 ,
195–7
agricultural management factors ,
185–8
agricultural systems and , 180–3
intrinsic susceptibility , 188–90
United States , 183–90
Guano , 4
Gulf of Mexico :
hypoxia in , 2 , 10–12 , 38 , 145 ,
292–3
Mississippi plume dynamics , 294
Haber–Bosch process , 4 , 5 , 337
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) , 306–8 ,
311
Health issues , 8–9 , 82–8
cancer , 95–100
esophageal and nasopharyngeal
cancer , 99–100
stomach and gastric cancer , 98–9
nitrate ingestion , 599
reproduction , 87–8
respiratory infection , 86
thyroid , 86–7
See also Methemoglobinemia ;
Nitric oxide
Human population growth , 13 , 72
food production and , 13–14
Hypoxia , 145 , 314–15
definition , 292
Gulf of Mexico , 2 , 10–12 , 38 , 145 ,
292–3
nitrogen response, coastal marine
ecosystems , 291–301 , 311–13
Immobilization , 22 , 210
historical studies , 4 , 6–7
In situ biological denitrification ,
609–12
Ingested nitrogen, See Dietary nitrogen
Institutional structure , 672–4
Integrators , 653
Internet use in nutrient planning , 524 ,
536
Ion exchange, contaminated drinking
water , 602–3 , 624–5
Irrigation :
corn crops , 52
groundwater contamination and ,
186–8
meadows, Denmark , 261–3
nutrient management examples ,
560–2
Karst terrain , 216–19
Kwashiorkor , 78
Lagrangian modeling approach , 358
Lakes :
nitrogen removal in , 255–9
abiotic factors , 258–9
biotic factors , 259
quantitative guidelines , 40–1
See also Surface water
Land Stewardship Project, Minnesota ,
672
Lattice data , 641
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