Restoration of ponds in rural landscapes: Modelling the effect on nitrate contamination of surface water (the Seine River Basin, France)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 430, Issue , 2012, Pages 280-290

  Passy, Paul ^a   Garnier, Josette ^a   Billen, Gilles ^a   Fesneau, Corinne ^b   Tournebize, Julien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological engineering; Nitrate contamination; Nitrate removal; Pond restoration; Seine basin

Indexed keywords

18TH CENTURY; AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE WATER; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; CASSINI; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; NITRATE CONTAMINATION; NITRATE REMOVAL; NITROGEN EXPORT; NITROGEN FLUXES; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; RIVER BASINS; RURAL LANDSCAPES; SEINE BASIN; SPATIAL SCALE;

AGRICULTURE; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LITHOLOGY; NITRATES; RESTORATION; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

LAKES;

NITRATE; NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER;

ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; NITRATE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION EFFECT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; RURAL LANDSCAPE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FRANCE; LANDSCAPE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PONDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

FRANCE; SEINE BASIN;

EID: 84862553579     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.035     Document Type: Article

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