Catchment source contributions to the sediment-bound organic matter degrading salmonid spawning gravels in a lowland river, southern England

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 456-457, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-195

  Collins, A L ^a,b   Williams, L J ^a   Zhang, Y S ^a   Marius, M ^b   Dungait, J A J ^c   Smallman, D J ^b   Dixon, E R ^c   Stringfellow, A ^b   Sear, D A ^b   Jones, J I ^d   Naden, P S ^e  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes; Fingerprinting; Near infra red reflectance spectroscopy; Sediment bound organic matter; Septic tanks; Spawning gravels

Indexed keywords

CARBON AND NITROGEN; DISCRIMINANT FUNCTION ANALYSIS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; FINGERPRINTING; NEAR INFRA-RED REFLECTANCES; NEAR INFRARED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICULATE MATERIALS; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CATCHMENTS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; GRAVEL; INFRARED DEVICES; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEPTIC TANKS; SPECTROSCOPY;

SEDIMENTS;

ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT BOUND ORGANIC MATTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BENTHOS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CATCHMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; RIVER POLLUTION; SALMONID; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPAWNING; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AGRICULTURAL SLURRY; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; MANURE; NEAR INFRARED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; ROAD VERGE; SALMONID; SEDIMENT; SEPTIC TANK; SOURCE CONTRIBUTION; SPAWNING; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; RIVERS; SALMONIDAE; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84876479027     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.093     Document Type: Article

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