Estimating farm to catchment nutrient fluxes using dynamic simulation modelling - Can agri-environmental BMPs really do the job?

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 130, Issue , 2013, Pages 313-323

  Rivers, M R ^a   Weaver, D M ^a,b   Smettem, K R J ^a   Davies, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nutrients; Phosphorus; Sustainable development; Water quality; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; CATCHMENTS; FARMS; LAND USE; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

DYNAMIC SIMULATION MODELS; DYNAMICS MODELS; LOSS RATES; MANAGEMENT SCENARIOS; MODEL INPUTS; MODELING SOFTWARES; NUTRIENT FLUXES; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELLING; WATERSHEDS MANAGEMENT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

WATER QUALITY;

PHOSPHORUS; WATER;

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CATCHMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND MANAGEMENT; MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PASTURE; PHOSPHORUS; SOFTWARE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; REDUCTION; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOLUBILITY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHOSPHORUS; SOFTWARE; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84885119793     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.08.020     Document Type: Article

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