Finding options to improve catchment water quality-Lessons learned from historical land use situations in a Mediterranean catchment in Slovenia

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 261-262, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-73

  Glavan, Matjaž ^a   Miličić, Vesna ^a   Pintar, Marina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Historical land use; Nitrate nitrogen; Phosphorus; Sediment; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MEDITERRANEAN CATCHMENT; NITRATE NITROGEN; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS CONCENTRATION; TERRAIN CHARACTERISTICS; WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS; WATER RESOURCE QUALITY;

CATCHMENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

LAND USE;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; BASELINE SURVEY; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; ORCHARD; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER BASIN; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER; VINEYARD; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

SLOVENIA;

EID: 84877905178     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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