Controls over nutrient dynamics in overland flows on slopes representative of agricultural land in North West Europe

Geoderma

Volumn 164, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 2-10

  Armstrong, A ^a   Quinton, J N ^a   Francis, B ^b   Heng, B C P ^c   Sander, G C ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon; Diffuse pollution; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Rainfall simulation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; EUROPEAN UNION WATER FRAMEWORK; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT TRANSFER; ORGANICS; OVERLAND FLOW; RAINFALL INTENSITY; RAINFALL SIMULATION; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SEDIMENT SIZE; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SILT LOAM SOILS; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHOROUS; TOTAL CARBON; TOTAL DISSOLVED PHOSPHOROUS; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHOROUS; WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

NUTRIENTS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED MATTER; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OVERLAND FLOW; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SLOPE FARMING; WATER QUALITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 79959624799     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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