The use of conventionally and alternatively located buffer zones for the removal of nitrate from diffuse agricultural run-off

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 157-164

  Blackwell, M S A ^a   Hogan, D V ^a   Maltby, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buffer zone; Denitrification; Diffuse pollution; Nitrate; Riparian zones; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONES; DENITRIFICATION; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; RIPARIAN ZONES;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITRATES; RIVER POLLUTION; WETLANDS;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BUFFER ZONE; NITRATE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WETLAND;

AGRICULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0032810445     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00331-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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