The interactive responses of water quality and hydrology to changes in multiple stressors, and implications for the long-term effective management of phosphorus

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 454-455, Issue , 2013, Pages 230-244

  Crossman, J ^a,b   Whitehead, P G ^a   Futter, M N ^b,c   Jin, L ^d   Shahgedanova, M ^e   Castellazzi, M ^f   Wade, A J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^f SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment sensitivity; Future change; Mitigation strategies; Multiple stressors; River water quality

Indexed keywords

FUTURE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MITIGATION STRATEGY; MULTIPLE STRESSORS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; RESERVOIR CONSTRUCTIONS; RIVER WATER QUALITY; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECONOMICS; EUTROPHICATION; LAND USE; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES;

CATCHMENTS;

PHOSPHORUS; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DIFFUSION; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LAND USE CHANGE; PHOSPHORUS; POINT SOURCE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; RIVER SYSTEM; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTIVATED LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYDROLOGY; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENGLAND; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

ENGLAND; THAMES RIVER [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875774688     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.033     Document Type: Article

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