Contribution of nitrogen species and phosphorus fractions to stream water quality in agricultural catchments

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 971-983

  Heathwaite, A L ^a   Johnes, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural catchments; Nitrogen species; Phosphorus species; Stream waters

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; FRACTIONATION; LAND USE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; NUTRIENT LOAD;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOAD; PHOSPHORUS; STREAMWATER QUALITY;

EID: 0030183077     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(199607)10:7<971::AID-HYP351>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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