Soil and land use effects on phosphorus in six streams draining small agricultural catchments in Scotland

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 196-204

  Hooda, P S ^a,c   Moynagh, M ^a   Svoboda, I F ^a   Thurlow, M ^b   Stewart, M ^b   Thomson, M ^b   Anderson, H A ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Land use; Losses from soil; Phosphorus; Scotland; Soil types; Streams; UK; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; DRAINING; LAND USE; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; STREAMWATER QUALITY;

SCOTLAND; UK;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0031424179     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1997.tb00586.x     Document Type: Article

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