State and potential management to improve water quality in an agricultural catchment relative to a natural baseline

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 188-200

  McDowell, Richard W ^a   Snelder, Ton ^b   Littlejohn, Roger ^a   Hickey, Matt ^c   Cox, Neil ^a   Booker, Doug J ^b  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c Otago Regional Council   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Phosphorus; Point source; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BASELINE CONDITIONS; CATCHMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RAINFALL; STREAMWATER; SUSPENDED LOAD; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

NEW ZEALAND; POMAHAKA BASIN; SOUTH ISLAND;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80053172573     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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