How do river nitrate concentrations respond to changes in Land-use? A modelling case study of headwaters in the river derwent catchment, North Yorkshire, UK

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 93-109

  Hutchins, Michael G ^a   Deflandre Vlandas, Amelie ^a   Posen, Paulette E ^b   Davies, Helen N ^a   Neal, Colin ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Catchment; Land management; Model; Nitrate; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; BINARY ALLOYS; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MODELS; NITRATES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CHANGE IN LAND USE; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; LAND MANAGEMENTS; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; RIVER ENVIRONMENT; SEMI DISTRIBUTED HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; WATER CONCENTRATIONS;

LAND USE;

CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; NITRATE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER CHEMISTRY;

DERWENT BASIN; ENGLAND; NORTH YORKSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77949542256     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-009-9218-2     Document Type: Article

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