A predictive geospatial approach for modelling phosphorus concentrations in rivers at the landscape scale

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 504, Issue , 2013, Pages 216-225

  Greene, Sheila ^a   McElarney, Yvonne R ^b   Taylor, David ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Nutrient; Pollution; Predictive modelling; Regression kriging; Restoration; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FRESH WATER POLLUTIONS; MODELLING METHODOLOGY; MOLYBDATE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; PREDICTIVE CAPABILITIES; PREDICTIVE MODELLING; REGRESSION-KRIGING;

CATCHMENTS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERPOLATION; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER QUALITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATABASE; LANDSCAPE; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

IRELAND;

EID: 84886018270     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.09.040     Document Type: Article

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