Phosphorus losses from an artificially drained rural lowland catchment in North-Eastern Germany

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 677-690

  Tiemeyer, B ^a   Kahle, P ^b   Lennartz, B ^b  

^a THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffuse pollution; Hydrograph separation; Mixing model; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EUTROPHICATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MIXING; RUNOFF; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

DIFFUSE POLLUTION; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; HYDROGRAPH SEPARATION; MIXING MODELS; NORTH-EASTERN GERMANY; PARAMETER OPTIMISATION; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; TOTAL REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS;

PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUTRIENT LOSS; PEATLAND; PHOSPHORUS; RURAL AREA; SNOWMELT; WATER QUALITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; MECKLENBURG-WEST POMERANIA;

EID: 60549105366     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2008.10.004     Document Type: Article

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