Changes in stream nitrate concentrations due to land management practices, ecological succession, and climate: Developing a systems approach to integrated catchment response

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Worrall, F ^a   Swank, W T ^b   Burt, T P ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecological change; Forest hydrology; Nitrate; Streamwater

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

AUTOREGRESSIVE PROCESSES; LAND MANAGEMENT;

STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENT; DEFORESTATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND MANAGEMENT; NITRATE; STREAMFLOW;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17144438565     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000WR000130     Document Type: Article

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