Groundwater quality in rural watersheds with environmental land use conflicts

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 493, Issue , 2014, Pages 812-827

  Valle, R F ^a,b   Varandas, S G P ^b   Sanches Fernandes, L F ^b   Pacheco, F A L ^c  

^a Professor Research Center Research Center Building Aluízio Rosa Prata   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c NONE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Groundwater quality; Land capability; Land use conflict; Nitrification; Rural watershed

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREAS; SODIUM BICARBONATE; TIMBER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; CARBONIC ACID REACTIONS; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; ION CONCENTRATIONS; LAND CAPABILITY; LAND USE CONFLICTS; RURAL WATERSHEDS; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES;

LAND USE; NITRIFICATION;

BICARBONATE; CALCIUM; CARBONIC ACID; CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; NITRIC ACID; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; SODIUM; FERTILIZER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RURAL AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; NITRIFICATION; PASTURE; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; RURAL AREA; VINEYARD; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WEATHERING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY; AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LAND USE CONFLICT; LIVESTOCK; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; GROUND WATER; LAND USE; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; SODIUM BICARBONATE; WATER QUALITY; WATER SHEDS; WEATHERING;

PORTUGAL; SORDO BASIN; VILA REAL [PORTUGAL];

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; NITRIFICATION; PORTUGAL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84903849043     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.068     Document Type: Article

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