Delivery and impact bypass in a karst aquifer with high phosphorus source and pathway potential

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2225-2236

  Mellander, Per Erik ^a   Jordan, Phil ^a,b   Wall, David P ^a   Melland, Alice R ^a   Meehan, Robert ^c   Kelly, Coran ^d   Shortle, Ger ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Talamh Consulting   (Ireland)

^d TOBIN and CO Ltd   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Conduit flow; Diffuse pollution; Eutrophication; Groundwater; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SOILS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; FARMING ACTIVITIES; GROUNDWATER BODIES; KARST AQUIFER; KARSTIC; LAND SURFACE; PATHWAY COMPONENTS; PHOSPHORUS SOURCES; SOIL SOURCES;

EUTROPHICATION;

GROUND WATER; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL WATER; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; EUTROPHICATION; GROUNDWATER; KARST; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK FACTOR; RUNOFF; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SURFACE WATER; VULNERABILITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; HURRICANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SPRING; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84858080904     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.01.048     Document Type: Article

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