Climate change mitigation for agriculture: Water quality benefits and costs

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2093-2099

  Wilcock, Robert ^a   Elliott, Sandy ^a   Hudson, Neale ^a   Parkyn, Stephanie ^a   Quinn, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; CH4; CO2; Greenhouse gas; N2O; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; APPLICATION RATES; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BENEFITS AND COSTS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CH4; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CO2; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DICYANDIAMIDE; DRAINAGE WATER; FAECAL ORGANISMS; FERTILISERS; FOOD RESOURCES; FORESTRY OPERATIONS; GHG EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MAKING DECISION; MITIGATION MEASURES; N2O; NEW ZEALAND; NITRIFICATION INHIBITOR; NITROUS OXIDE; RECEIVING WATERS; RESOURCE MANAGERS; SEDIMENT RELEASE; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOURCE OF ENERGY; SPECIFIC YIELD; STABILISATION; STREAM HABITATS; STREAM TEMPERATURES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WARM CLIMATES; WATER YIELD; WATERSOLUBLE; WETLAND FUNCTIONS; WOODY DEBRIS;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DEBRIS; DEFECT STRUCTURES; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY CONVERSION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LAND USE; LEAKAGE (FLUID); LOADING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); METHANE; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; OCEAN HABITATS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PHOSPHORUS; PUBLIC KEY CRYPTOGRAPHY; REFORESTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; STREAM FLOW; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; WATER RESOURCES; WETLANDS;

RIVERS;

AFFORESTATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; NITROUS OXIDE; PASTORALISM; SOIL MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FERTILIZERS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; BOD; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; GREENHOUSE GASES; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; LAND USE; NITRIFICATION; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 58949089482     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.906     Document Type: Review

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