A novel application of natural fluorescence to understand the sources and transport pathways of pollutants from livestock farming in small headwater catchments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 417-418, Issue , 2012, Pages 169-182

  Old, G H ^a   Naden, P S ^a   Granger, S J ^b   Bilotta, G S ^c   Brazier, R E ^d   Macleod, C J A ^e   Krueger, T ^f   Bol, R ^b   Hawkins, J M B ^b   Haygarth, P ^g   Freer, J ^h  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b North Wyke Research   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^g LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural pollution; Dissolved organic matter; Eutrophication; Fluorescence; Headwater stream; Tracing pollutants

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DRAINAGE WATER; FIRST-ORDER; FLUORESCENCE INTENSITIES; FLUORESCENCE SIGNALS; FLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUE; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; HEADWATER STREAM; IN-SITU; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MIXING MODELS; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; POLLUTANT FLUXES; POLLUTANT SOURCES; SOIL PARTICLES; STORM EVENTS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TRACING POLLUTANTS; TRANSPORT OF POLLUTANTS; TRANSPORT PATHWAYS; TWO-COMPONENT; UNDRAINED;

AMINO ACIDS; DYNAMICS; EUTROPHICATION; FLUORESCENCE; POLLUTION CONTROL; RUNOFF; STORMS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL;

CATCHMENTS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; TRYPTOPHAN;

CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DRAINAGE WATER; EUTROPHICATION; FLUORESCENCE; HEADWATER; LIVESTOCK FARMING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RUNOFF; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRACER;

AGRICULTURAL SLURRY; ANIMAL HEALTH; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUOROMETER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIVESTOCK; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; LIVESTOCK; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DEVON; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84857034629     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.013     Document Type: Article

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