The Ribble/Wyre observatory: Major, minor and trace elements in rivers draining from rural headwaters to the heartlands of the NW England historic industrial base

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1516-1529

  Neal, Colin ^a   Rowland, Phil ^a   Scholefield, Paul ^a   Vincent, Colin ^a   Woods, Clive ^a   Sleep, Darren ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nutrients; Pollution; Ribble; River; Trace elements; Wyre

Indexed keywords

ACID CONDITIONS; ACIDIC DEPOSITION; ACIDIC SOILS; CONFINED BASINS; DATA SETS; DATA SUMMARIES; ENGLAND; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; IRISH SEA; LOWLAND RIVERS; ON-GOING MONITORING; PHOSPHATE LEVELS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POLLUTANT LEVELS; RIBBLE; RIVER BASINS; WATER QUALITY STUDIES; WYRE;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; BUILDINGS; CATCHMENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; MARINE POLLUTION; NUTRIENTS; OBSERVATORIES; POLLUTION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; BORON; CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; IRON; PHOSPHATE; RUNOFF; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEADWATER; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ACIDITY; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; COLLOID; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER BASIN; RURAL AREA; SOIL PROPERTY; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INDUSTRY; RIVERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLAND; IRISH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79951812981     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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