A comparison of agricultural water pollution incidents in Northern Ireland with those in England and Wales

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 649-656

  Lennox, S D ^a   Foy, R H ^b   Smith, R V ^b   Unsworth, E F ^b   Smyth, D R ^a  

^a Biometrics Division   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Computerised database; Farm pollution; Silage effluent; Trends

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FARMS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS;

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION INCIDENTS; ENGLAND; NORTHERN IRELAND; SILAGE EFFLUENT; WALES;

WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS; AGRICULTURE; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; SURFACE WATER; SURFACE WATER QUALITY; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; EFFLUENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MANURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION; WEATHER;

ENGLAND; NORTHERN IRELAND; UK; WALES;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 0032031337     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00264-9     Document Type: Article

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