A review of the impact of climate change on future nitrate concentrations in groundwater of the UK

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2859-2873

  Stuart, M E ^a   Gooddy, D C ^a   Bloomfield, J P ^a   Williams, A T ^a  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Driver Pressure; Groundwater; Nitrate; Source Pathway Receptor

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; LEACHING; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITRATES; PRODUCTIVITY; SURFACE WATERS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; DRIVER/PRESSURE; FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS; NON-AGRICULTURAL SOURCES; SOURCE-PATHWAY-RECEPTOR; SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; RAIN; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AQUIFER; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUTURE PROSPECT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LEACHING; NITRATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDICTION; RECHARGE; WATER LEVEL; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FOREST; HARVEST; LAND USE; LEACHING; NITROGEN CYCLING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL INFILTRATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER CYCLE; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958862607     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.04.016     Document Type: Review

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