The prediction and management of water quality in a relatively unpolluted major Scottish catchment: Current issues and experimental approaches

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 194-195, Issue , 1997, Pages 419-435

  Langan, Simon J ^a   Wade, A J ^a,b   Smart, R ^c   Edwards, A C ^a   Soulsby, C ^c   Billett, M F ^c   Jarvie, H P ^b   Cresser, M S ^c   Owen, R ^d   Ferrier, R C ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acidification; climate and land use change; LOIS; nutrient and hydrological fluxes; river basin water quality

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER QUALITY;

CATCHMENTS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ACIDIFICATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; LOIS; MANAGEMENT IMPLICATION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER QUALITY; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

UK, SCOTLAND, RIVER DEE;

EID: 0030618714     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(96)05380-6     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Billett, M.F. and M.S. Cresser, 1992. Predicting stream-water quality using catchment and soil chemical characteristics. Environ. Pollut., 77: 263-268.
2. Black, K.E., J.A.H. Lowe, M.F. Billett and M.S. Cresser, 1993. Observations on the changes in nitrate concentrations along streams in seven moorland catchments in northeast Scotland. Water Res., 27: 1195-1199.
3. Boorman, D.B., J.M. Hollis and A. Lilly, 1995. Hydrology of soil types: a hydrologically-based classification of the soils of the United Kingdom. Institute of Hydrology, Oxon, England Report, No. 126.
4. Burt, T.P. and B.P. Arkell, 1987. Temporal and spatial patterns of nitrate losses from an agricultural catchment. Soil Use Manage., 3: 138-142.
5. Christophersen N., C. Neal, R.P. Hooper, R.D. Vogt and S. Anderson, 1990. Modelling streamwater chemistry as a mixture of soilwater end-members - A step towards second generation acidification models. J. Hydrol., 116: 307-320.
6. Copus, A.K., 1995. Small area estimates of agricultural output as a tool for monitoring the spatial impacts of agricultural policy. Scottish Agricultural College Economic Report, No. 53.
7. Cosby, B.J., R.F. Wright, G.M. Hornberger and J.N. Galloway, 1985. Modelling the effects of acid deposition: Assessment of a lumped parameter model of soil water and streamwater chemistry. Water Resource Res., 21: 51-63.
8. Cosby, B.J., G.M. Hornberger, R.F. Wright and J.N. Galloway, 1986. Modelling the effects of acid deposition: Control of long-term sulfate dynamics by soil sulfate adsorption. Water Resource Res., 22: 1283-1291.
9. Dixon, R.K. and J. Wisniewski, 1995. Global forest systems: An uncertain response to atmospheric pollutants and global climate change. Water, Air, Soil Pollut., 85: 101-110.
10. Edwards, A.C., J. Creasey and M.S. Cresser, 1985. Factors influencing nitrogen inputs and outputs in two Scottish upland catchments. Soil Use Manage., 1: 83-87.
11. Edwards, A.C., K. Pugh, G. Wright, A.H. Sinclair and G.A. Reaves, 1990. Nitrate status of two major rivers in NE Scotland with respect to land use and fertilizer additions. Chem. Ecol., 4: 97-107.
12. Emmett, B.A., B. Reynolds, P.A. Stevens, D.A. Norris, S. Hughes, J. Gorres and I. Lubrecht, 1993. Nitrate leaching from afforested Welsh catchments - Interactions between stand age and N deposition. Ambio, 22: 386-394.
13. Harriman, R. and B.R.S. Morrison, 1982. Ecology of streams draining forested and non forested catchments in an area of central Scotland. Hydrobiologica, 88: 251-263.
14. Hay, D., 1995. The current status of salmon stocks in the river Dee. In Salmon in the Dee catchment: The scientific basis for management. Proceedings of a conference held at Glen Tanar House, 13 October 1994. The Atlantic Salmon Trust, Perthshire.
15. Hooper, R.P., N. Christophsen and N.E. Peters, 1990. Modelling streamwater chemistry as a mixture of soilwater end-members - An application to the Panola Mountain catchment, Georgia, USA. J. Hydrol., 116: 321-343.
16. Hope, D., M.F. Billett and M.S. Cresser, 1994. A review of the export of carbon in river water: Fluxes and processes. Environ. Pollut., 84: 301-324.
17. Hornung, M., M.S. Cresser, K. Bull, S.J. Langan, P. Loveland, M.J. Wilson, J. Hall and C. Smith, 1995. An empirical map of critical loads of acidity for soils in Great Britain. Environ. Pollut., 90: 301-310.
18. Hornung, M., K. Bull, M.S. Cresser, J. Hall, S.J. Langan, P. Loveland and M.J. Wilson, 1994. The sensitivity of surface waters of Great Britain to acidification predicted from catchment characteristics. Environ. Pollut., 87: 207-214.
19. House, W.A., D. Leach, M. Warwick, B.A. Whitton, S.N. Pattinson, G. Ryland, A. Pinder, J. Ingram, J.P. Lishman, S.M. Smith, E. Rigg and F.H. Denison, 1997. Nutrient transport in the Humber rivers. Sci. Total Environ., 194/195: 303-320.
20. Jakeman, A.J., I.G. Littlewood and P.G. Whitehead, 1990. Computation of the instantaneous unit hydrograph and identifiable component flows with application to small upland catchments. J. Hydrol., 117: 275-300.
21. Jenkins, A., 1993. Climate change and water resources. In: R.W. Battarbee and S.T. Patrick (Eds.), The Greenhouse Effect: Consequences for Great Britain., Proceedings of a conference, University College London. September 1990.
22. Lewis, D.L., R.J. Williams, P.G. Whitehead, 1997. Quality Simulation along Rivers (QUASAR) Part II: An Application to the Yorkshire Ouse. Sci. Total Environ., 194/ 195: 399-418.
23. Mackay Consultant Report, 1989. The economic vitality of the Dee catchment in relation to salmon fishing. Report to the Dee Salmon Fishing Improvement Association.
24. MacDonald, A.M., A.C. Edwards, K. Pugh and P.W. Balls, 1995. Soluble nitrogen and phosphorus in the river Ythan system, UK: Annual and Seasonal Trends. Water Res., 29(3): 837-846.
25. MISR, 1963. The Soils of the Country around Aberdeen, Inverurie and Fraserburgh. Memoirs of the Soil Survey of Great Britain. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, HMSO, Edinburgh.
26. MISR, 1984. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, 1984. Organisation and methods of the 1:250000 Soil Survey of Scotland. The Macaulay Institute Aberdeen, UK.
27. MLURI, 1993. Macaulay Land Use Research Institute. The Land Cover of Scotland 1988, MLURI, Aberdeen, Scotland.
28. Newson, M.D., 1982. River Conservation and Catchment Management. In: P. Boon, G.E. Petts and P. Calow (Eds.), River Conservation and Management. Wiley, pp. 385-396.
29. Ormerod, S.J., A.P. Donald and S.J. Brown, 1989. The influence of plantation forestry on the pH and aluminium concentration of upland Welsh streams. Environ. Pollut., 62: 47-62.
30. Owen, R., 1995. Water quality in the Dee catchment. The scientific basis for management. Proceedings of a conference held at Glen Tanor House 13 October 1994. The Atlantic Salmon Trust, Perthshire.
31. Pugh, K., 1985. The chemistry of the river system. In: D. Jenkins (Ed.), Biology and Management of the River Dee, NERC. Monks Wood, pp. 34-41.
32. Robson, A.J. and C. Neal, 1996. Water quality trends at an upland site in Wales, UK, 1983-1993. Hydrol, Processes, 10: 183-203.
33. Robson, A.J. and C. Neal, 1997a. Regional water quality of the river Tweed basin. Sci. Total Environ., 194/195: 173-192.
34. Robson, A.J. and C. Neal, 1997b. A summary of regional water quality for Eastern UK rivers. Sci. Total Environ., 194/195: 15-37.
35. Soulsby, C., 1995. Contrasts in storm event hydrochemistry in an acidic afforested catchment in upland Wales. J. Hydrol., 170: 159-179.
36. Soulsby, C., D. Turnbull, S.J. Langan, R. Owen and D. Hirst, 1997a. Reversibility of stream acidification in the Cairngorm region of Scotland. J. Hydrol. In press.
37. Soulsby, C., R.C. Helliwell, R. Ferrier, A. Jenkins and R. Harriman, 1997b. Seasonal snowpack influence on the hydrology of a sub-arctic catchment in Scotland. J. Hydrol. In press.
38. Sverdrup, H. and P. Warfvinge, 1988. Weathering of primary silicate minerals in the natural soil environment in relation to a chemical weathering model. Water, Air, Soil Pollut., 38: 387-408.
39. Whitehead, P.G., 1979. Applications of recursive estimation techniques to time variable hydrological systems. J. Hydrol., 40: 1-16.
40. Whitehead, P.G., R.J. Williams and D.L. Lewis, 1997. Quality Simulation along Rivers (QUASAR) Part I: Model Theory and Development. Sci. Total Environ., 194/195: 447-456.
41. Wilkinson, W.B., G.J.L. Leeks, A. Morris and D.E. Walling, 1997. Rivers and coastal research in the Land Ocean Interaction Stuch. Sci. Total Environ., 194/195: 5-14.
42. Wright, G.G., A.C. Edwards, J.G. Morrice and K. Pugh, 1991. North East Scotland river catchment nitrate loading in relation to agricultural intensity. Chem. Ecol., 5: 263-281.