Point-source effects on N and P uptake in a forested and an agricultural Mediterranean streams

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 957-967

  Merseburger, Gora ^a   Martí, Eugènia ^b   Sabater, Francesc ^a   Ortiz, Jesús D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Nutrient uptake; Phosphorus; Point source; Stream

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY LOSS; GENERAL TRENDS; LOCAL EFFECTS; MEDITERRANEAN STREAMS; NUTRIENT ADDITION; NUTRIENT LOADS; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; POINT-SOURCE; POWER FUNCTIONS; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; SOURCE EFFECTS; STREAM; TWO-STREAM; UPTAKE RATE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CATCHMENTS; HYDRAULICS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

NUTRIENTS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS;

AMMONIUM; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; STREAMWATER; WASTEWATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREST; LAND USE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; STREAM (RIVER); WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SPAIN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

SPAIN;

EID: 78651455559     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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