Simulated impacts of climate change and agricultural land use change on surface water quality with and without adaptation management strategies

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 213, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-60

  Mehdi, B ^a   Lehner, B ^a   Gombault, C ^a   Michaud, A ^b   Beaudin, I ^b   Sottile, M F ^c,d   Blondlot, A ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Institut de recherche et de developpement en agroenvironnement   (Canada)

^c Ouranos Consortium sur la climatologie régionale et l'adaptation aux changements climatiques ^*  (Canada)

^d Ministère de Développement durable Environnement Faune et Parcs ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Management practices; Nitrate; Phosphorus; Scenarios; Streamflow; SWAT

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FUTURE PROSPECT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMFLOW; SURFACE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

CANADA; PIKE RIVER; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84939481378     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.07.019     Document Type: Article

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