Spatial and seasonal variations in nitrogen leaching and acidity across four acid-impacted regions of the UK

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 185, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 3-19

  Helliwell, R C ^a   Davies, J J L ^b   Evans, C D ^b   Jenkins, A ^b   Coull, M C ^a   Reynolds, B ^b   Norris, D ^b   Ferrier, R C ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galloway; Mourne Mountains; Nitrogen deposition; Nitrogen leaching; Regional; Seasonal; Snowdonia; South Pennines

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEACHING; NITROGEN; PH EFFECTS; SURFACE WATERS;

NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NITROGEN LEACHING; SNOWDONIA REGIONS;

POLLUTION CONTROL;

ACID; ANION; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SULFATE; SULFUR; SURFACE WATER;

ACIDITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEACHING; NITROGEN; PH EFFECTS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SURFACE WATERS;

ACIDITY; CATCHMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; LEACHING; NITROGEN; ORGANIC SOIL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HYPOTHESIS; LEACHING; PH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; GALLOWAY; MOURNE MOUNTAINS; NEWRY AND MOURNE; NORTHERN IRELAND; PENNINES; SCOTLAND; SNOWDONIA; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34648837383     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9388-y     Document Type: Article

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