The catchment sediment budget as a management tool

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-143

  Walling, D E ^a   Collins, A L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment management; Sediment budget; Sediment sources; Sediment stores; Sediment yields

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE; SURFACE WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENT; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 40849111837     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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