Linking river nutrient concentrations to land use and rainfall in a paddy agriculture–urban area gradient watershed in southeast China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 566-567, Issue , 2016, Pages 1094-1105

  Xia, Yongqiu ^a   Ti, Chaopu ^a   She, Dongli ^b   Yan, Xiaoyuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nutrient concentration; Nutrients loads; Sources and sinks; Statistical model; Urbanization; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUTROPHICATION; LAND USE; POLLUTION; RAIN; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SOIL CONSERVATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

AGRICULTURE REGIONS; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; STATISTICAL MODELING; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WETLAND RESTORATION;

NUTRIENTS;

NITROGEN; RAIN;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAND USE CHANGE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PADDY FIELD; RAINFALL; RIVER WATER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; LAND USE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; NUTRIENT LOADING; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORYZA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; ORYZA; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84989912056     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.134     Document Type: Article

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