River sediments provide a link between catchment pressures and ecological status in a mixed land use Scottish River system

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2803-2815

  Stutter, M I ^a   Langan, S J ^a   Demars, B O L ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Diffuse pollution; Ecology; Land use; Phosphorus; Sediment

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGICAL LINKS; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; FILTER FEEDING;

WATER ANALYSIS;

CHLOROPHYLL; IRON OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATE; RIVER WATER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; LAND USE; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENT; CHLOROPHYLL A; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FILTER FEEDER; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POINT SOURCE; RIVER SYSTEM; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CATCHMENT; COMPREHENSION; ECOLOGY; GRASSLAND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MONITORING; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SAMPLE; SEDIMENT; SUMMER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER QUALITY;

ABERDEENSHIRE; DEE RIVER [SCOTLAND]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34249091793     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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