Evolution of nutrient export under urban development in areas affected by shallow watertable

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 491-504

  Barron, Olga V ^a   Barr, Anthony D ^a   Donn, Michael J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Legacy solute; Nutrients; Swan Coastal Plain; Urbanisation; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

AS-SOILS; CATCHMENT WATER BALANCE; COASTAL PLAIN; GROUNDWATER ABSTRACTION; GROUNDWATER RESIDENCE; LEACHATES; LEGACY SOLUTE; LONG RESIDENCE TIME; LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS; NEW SOURCES; NUTRIENT EXPORT; PER UNIT; SANDY SOILS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; URBAN DENSITY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN FORM; URBAN LAND USE; URBAN LANDSCAPE; URBANISATION; WATER QUALITY STANDARD; WATER REGIME; WATERTABLE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CATCHMENTS; GROUNDWATER; RUNOFF; SOILS; URBAN GROWTH; WATER QUALITY;

NUTRIENTS;

GROUND WATER; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS;

CATCHMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FLUID BALANCE; GROUNDWATER RESIDENCE TIME; HORTICULTURE; LEACHING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOLUTE; SUMMER; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TRANSPORT; WINTER;

HYDROLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; URBANIZATION; WATER QUALITY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA; SWAN COASTAL PLAIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84870314718     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.085     Document Type: Article

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