Scaling up the phosphorus signal from soil hillslopes to headwater catchments

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 7-25

  Haygarth, P M ^a   Page, T J C ^a   Beven, K J ^a   Freer, J ^b   Joynes, A ^c   Butler, P ^c   Wood, G A ^d   Owens, P N ^e  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c North Wyke Research   (United Kingdom)

^d CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catchment; Continuum; Phosphorus; Run off; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862660914     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02748.x     Document Type: Article

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