Changes in water quality of the River Frome (UK) from 1965 to 2009: Is phosphorus mitigation finally working?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3418-3430

  Bowes, M J ^a   Smith, J T ^b   Neal, C ^a   Leach, D V ^a   Scarlett, P M ^a   Wickham, H D ^a   Harman, S A ^a   Armstrong, L K ^a   Davy Bowker, J ^c   Haft, M ^c   Davies, C E ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c FRESHWATER BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalk river; Data resource; Diatoms; Eutrophication; Load apportionment model; Long term data; Nutrient

Indexed keywords

CHALK RIVER; DATA RESOURCES; DIATOMS; LOAD APPORTIONMENT MODEL; LONG-TERM DATA;

ALKALINITY; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EUTROPHICATION; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SODIUM; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

PHOSPHORUS;

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SODIUM;

ALKALINITY; BIOACCUMULATION; DATA SET; DIATOM; EUTROPHICATION; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ALGA; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BREATHING RATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; FUNGAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPRING; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GREAT BRITAIN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RIVERS; SEASONS; SILICON; SODIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; CHALK RIVER; DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; FROME RIVER; ONTARIO [CANADA]; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 79959809620     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.04.049     Document Type: Article

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