The water quality of the LOCAR Pang and Lambourn catchments

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 614-635

  Neal, Colin ^a   Jarvie, Helen P ^a   Wade, Andrew J ^b   Neal, Margaret ^a   Wyatt, Roger ^a   Wickham, Heather ^a   Hill, Linda ^a   Hewitt, Ned ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Ammonium; Lambourn; LOCAR; Major elements; Nitrate; Nutrients; Pang; Ph; Phosphorus; Rainfall; River; Trace elements; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PH; RIVER WATER; WATER QUALITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; THAMES BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12944273696     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-8-614-2004     Document Type: Article

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