Evaluating the critical source area concept of phosphorus loss from soils to water-bodies in agricultural catchments

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 490, Issue , 2014, Pages 405-415

  Shore, M ^a,c   Jordan, P ^b   Mellander, P E ^a   Kelly Quinn, M ^c   Wall, D P ^d   Murphy, P N C ^c   Melland, A R ^e  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basin; Critical source area; Hydrology; Quickflow; Soil; Transport risk

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; HYDROLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STORMS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; BASIN; CRITICAL SOURCE AREAS; LAND USE AND MANAGEMENTS; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; PHOSPHORUS LOSS; QUICKFLOW; TRANSPORT RISKS;

SOILS;

PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RUNOFF; STORM WATER; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; BASIN; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGY; LAND DRAINAGE; LAND USE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER FLOW; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84901313100     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.122     Document Type: Article

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