Modeling catchment nutrients and sediment loads to inform regional management of water quality in coastal-marine ecosystems: A comparison of two approaches

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 146, Issue , 2014, Pages 164-178

  Álvarez Romero, Jorge G ^a   Wilkinson, Scott N ^b   Pressey, Robert L ^a   Ban, Natalie C ^a,c   Kool, Johnathan ^a,d   Brodie, Jon ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment management; Integrated land sea planning; Land based pollution; Marine conservation; Systematic conservation planning; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CATCHMENTS; EROSION; MARINE POLLUTION; NUTRIENTS; RUNOFF; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT; COASTAL MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; INTEGRATED LAND-SEA PLANNING; LAND-BASED POLLUTION; MANAGEMENT OF WATER QUALITIES; MARINE CONSERVATIONS; NUTRIENT LOADS; SEDIMENT LOADS; SUB-CATCHMENT; SYSTEMATIC CONSERVATION PLANNING;

WATER QUALITY;

RUNOFF; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; FERTILIZER;

CATCHMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRIORITIZATION; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; REGIONAL PLANNING; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; POLLUTANT; PRECIPITATION; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT DELIVERY RATIO; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LAND USE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; RUNOFF; SEASHORE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84906705490     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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