Quantification of phosphorus transport from a karstic agricultural watershed to emerging spring water

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6111-6119

  Mellander, Per Erik ^a   Jordan, Philip ^b   Melland, Alice R ^a   Murphy, Paul N C ^a   Wall, David P ^a   Mechan, Sarah ^a   Meehan, Robert ^c   Kelly, Coran ^d   Shine, Oliver ^a   Shortle, Ger ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Talamh Consulting   (Ireland)

^d TOBIN and CO Ltd   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; CRITICAL SOURCE AREAS; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY; GROUNDWATER VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; PHOSPHORUS TRANSPORT; VULNERABILITY MAPS;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

BUFFER; GROUND WATER; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUIFER; AQUIFER POLLUTION; BUFFERING; KARST HYDROLOGY; MAP; NATURAL ATTENUATION; PHOSPHORUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPRING WATER; VULNERABILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURE; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; PHOSPHORUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84879224456     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304909y     Document Type: Article

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