Water policy effectiveness: 30Years of change in the hypernutrified Colne estuary, England

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 200-209

  McMellor, S ^a   Underwood, G J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Estuary; Eutrophication; Nutrients; Water Framework Directive; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENTS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

FRESHWATER INPUTS; LONG-TERM TRAJECTORIES; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; PHOSPHATE CONCENTRATION; PHYTOPLANKTON CHLOROPHYLL; WASTEWATER DISCHARGE; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

ESTUARIES;

AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; FRESH WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; RAIN; SEA WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATCHMENT; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PHOSPHATE; PHYTOPLANKTON; RUNOFF; WASTEWATER; WATER PLANNING; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ESTUARY; HYPERNUTRIFIED ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; STANDARDIZATION; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; WINTER;

COLCHESTER; COLNE ESTUARY; ENGLAND; ESSEX [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENTS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; WATER QUALITY;

CHLOROPHYLL; ENGLAND; ESTUARIES; FRESH WATER; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84897571522     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.01.018     Document Type: Article

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