Nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizer and manure for selected Chesapeake Bay watersheds

This dataset contains estimates of the yearly sum of total nitrogen and total phosphorus (hereafter referred to as nitrogen and phosphorus) inputs from fertilizer applications and from manure applications in selected Chesapeake Bay watersheds from 1985 through 2012.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • agriculture
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • chesapeake-bay
  • ckan
  • delaware
  • district-of-columbia
  • geo
  • geoss
  • james-river
  • maryland
  • national
  • new-york
  • north-america
  • nutrient-content-water
  • pennsylvania
  • potomac-river
  • rappahannock-river
  • surface-water-quality
  • susquehanna-river
  • total-nitrogen
  • total-phosphorus
  • united-states
  • usgs-577c173ce4b0ef4d2f4264fb
  • virginia
  • wastewater-discharge
  • west-virginia
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license_title License not specified
maintainer Karen R. Ryberg
maintainer_email kryberg@usgs.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-22T15:56:11.043507
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T15:56:11.043511
notes This dataset contains estimates of the yearly sum of total nitrogen and total phosphorus (hereafter referred to as nitrogen and phosphorus) inputs from fertilizer applications and from manure applications in selected Chesapeake Bay watersheds from 1985 through 2012.
num_resources 2
num_tags 27
title Nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizer and manure for selected Chesapeake Bay watersheds