Streamwater phosphorus and nitrogen across a gradient in rural-agricultural land use intensity

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 238-252

  Jarvie, H P ^a   Withers, P J A ^b   Bowes, M J ^a   Palmer Felgate, E J ^a   Harper, D M ^c   Wasiak, K ^c   Wasiak, P ^c   Hodgkinson, R A ^b   Bates, A ^b   Stoate, C ^d   Neal, M ^a   Wickham, H D ^a   Harman, S A ^a   Armstrong, L K ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Allerton Project   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Load apportionment model; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; River; Rural population; Septic tank; Sewage; Stream

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ARABLE FARMING; ARABLE LAND; CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LIVESTOCK; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOSPHORUS; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SEWAGE; SOIL TYPE; STREAMWATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 71249160011     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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