Keeping agricultural soil out of rivers: Evidence of sediment and nutrient accumulation within field wetlands in the UK

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 54-62

  Ockenden, Mary C ^a   Deasy, Clare ^a   Quinton, John N ^a   Surridge, Ben ^a   Stoate, Chris ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment management; Constructed wetlands; Diffuse pollution; Phosphorus; Soil degradation; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; CATCHMENTS; FARMS; NUTRIENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WETLANDS;

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; MICRO-ORGANISMS; NUTRIENTS ACCUMULATIONS; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL EROSION; TOTAL MASS;

EROSION;

RAIN; CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ANNUAL VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HABITAT CREATION; RUNOFF; SANDY SOIL; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; UNITED KINGDOM; AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD; PROCEDURES; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SOIL; WETLAND;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SOIL; WETLANDS;

EID: 84893441365     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.01.015     Document Type: Article

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