Off-site transport of nutrients and sediment from three main land-uses in the Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 106, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-59

  Cox, James W ^a,c   Oliver, Danielle P ^b   Fleming, Nigel K ^c   Anderson, Jenny S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Land use; Nutrients; Surface water drainage

Indexed keywords

APPLE ORCHARDS; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL TRIGGERS; HORTICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; LIMITED DATA; LOW FLOW; NUTRIENT LOSS; RUNOFF VOLUMES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SURFACE DRAINAGE; SURFACE-WATER DRAINAGE; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TSS CONCENTRATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FRUITS; LAND USE; ORCHARDS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

NUTRIENTS;

FLOW PATTERN; HORTICULTURE; HYDROGRAPH; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; ORCHARD; ORGANIC CARBON; PEAK FLOW; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURFACE WATER; SUSPENDED LOAD; VINEYARD;

AUSTRALIA; MOUNT LOFTY RANGES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84857685906     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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