Antecedent conditions, hydrological connectivity and anthropogenic inputs: Factors affecting nitrate and phosphorus transfers to agricultural headwater streams

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 545-546, Issue , 2016, Pages 184-199

  Outram, Faye N ^a   Cooper, Richard J ^a   Sünnenberg, Gisela ^a   Hiscock, Kevin M ^a   Lovett, Andrew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antecedent; Arable; Catchment; Fertiliser; Nitrate; Pathways; Total phosphorus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN;

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; ANTECEDENT; ARABLE; CRITICAL SOURCE AREAS; HYDROLOGICAL CONNECTIVITY; PATHWAYS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER LEVELS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

RUNOFF;

GROUND WATER; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN;

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CATCHMENT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HEADWATER; NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; STREAMWATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CATCHMENT; CROP ROTATION; DROUGHT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HURRICANE; HYDROLOGY; HYSTERESIS; MOISTURE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNOFF; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84952700929     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.025     Document Type: Article

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