Headwater stream response to grassland agricultural development in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 389-403

  Riley, Ralph H ^a,b   Townsend, Colin R ^a   Niyogi, Dev K ^a   Arbuckle, Chris A ^a   Peacock, Kathi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use; Nitrogen; Pasture; Phosphorus; QMCI; Sediment; Tussock; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FOOD WEB; GRASSLAND; LAND USE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

NEW ZEALAND;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0142091418     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2003.9517175     Document Type: Article

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