Diffuse nutrient losses and the impact factors determining their regional differences in four catchments from North to South China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 543, Issue , 2016, Pages 577-594

  Zhang, Yongyong ^a   Zhou, Yujian ^a   Shao, Quanxi ^b   Liu, Hongbin ^c   Lei, Qiuliang ^c   Zhai, Xiaoyan ^d,e   Wang, Xuelei ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

^e YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^f NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carriers; Climate; Diffuse nutrient losses; Distributed water system model; Multivariate statistics; Underlying surface

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; CHARGE CARRIERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FERTILIZERS; LAND USE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NUTRIENTS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RUNOFF; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATERWORKS;

CLIMATE; DISTRIBUTED WATER; MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS; NUTRIENT LOSS; UNDERLYING SURFACE;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT LOSS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RUNOFF;

CHINA;

EID: 85003944842     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.10.031     Document Type: Article

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