Relationship between sediment chemistry, equilibrium phosphorus concentrations, and phosphorus concentrations at baseflow in rivers of the New Zealand National River Water Quality Network

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 921-929

  McDowell, R W ^a,b  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

BIOTIC PROCESS; DIURNAL PATTERN; MEASUREMENTS OF; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; RIVER WATER QUALITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHORT-TERM VARIATIONS; STREAM SEDIMENTS;

RIVERS;

PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE; DESORPTION; GEOLOGY; LAND USE; NEW ZEALAND; PREDICTION; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84929494288     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.08.0362     Document Type: Article

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