The impact of land-use change on water quality at the catchment scale: The use of export coefficient and structural models

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 221, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 75-90

  Worrall, F ^a   Burt, T P ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural catchments; Export coefficient modelling; Nitrate; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; EXPORT COEFFICIENT MODELING; GRASSLANDS; PLOUGHING;

DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; MODEL; NITRATE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODEL STRUCTURES; RAIN; REACTION KINETICS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SETTLING TANKS; SOILS;

WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; LAND USE CHANGE; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033575759     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(99)00084-0     Document Type: Article

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