The seasonality of phosphorus transfers from land to water: Implications for trophic impacts and policy evaluation

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 434, Issue , 2012, Pages 101-109

  Jordan, P ^a,b   Melland, A R ^a   Mellander, P E ^a   Shortle, G ^a   Wall, D ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchments; Eutrophication; High resolution monitoring; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOWS; CATCHMENT SCALE; CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; COARSER RESOLUTION; DATA COLLECTION; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-RESOLUTION MONITORING; IRELAND; MOBILISATION; PHOSPHORUS TRANSFER; POINT SOURCES; POLICY EVALUATION; POLICY MEASURES; SEASONALITY; SOIL PHOSPHORUS; SPATIAL SURVEY; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

AGRICULTURE; EUTROPHICATION; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; LOADING; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION;

CATCHMENTS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN;

BASEFLOW; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EUROPEAN UNION; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUNOFF; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BATCH REACTOR; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUTROPHICATION; GRASSLAND; HOUSING; HYDROLOGY; PHOSPHATE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; WINTER;

IRELAND;

EID: 84865185526     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.070     Document Type: Article

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