Estimating the mitigation of anthropogenic loss of phosphorus in New Zealand grassland catchments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2014, Pages 1178-1186

  McDowell, R W ^a  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

EBIT; Mitigation; Profitability; Reference conditions; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTRIBUTION; EBIT; ECOLOGICAL TARGETS; GRASSLAND CATCHMENT; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; MITIGATION; REFERENCE CONDITION;

CATCHMENTS; COSTS; FISHERIES; PHOSPHORUS; PROFITABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

RUNOFF;

PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER;

CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DAIRY FARMING; GRASSLAND; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAIRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREAM (RIVER); TROUT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

NEW ZEALAND;

SALMONIDAE;

EBIT; MITIGATION; PROFITABILITY; REFERENCE CONDITIONS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; AGROCHEMICALS; ECOLOGICAL PARAMETER MONITORING; NEW ZEALAND; PHOSPHORUS; POACEAE; RIVERS; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84889607254     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.03.056     Document Type: Article

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