Impacts of forestry on nitrogen in upland and lowland catchments: A comparison of the River Severn at Plynlimon in mid-Wales and the Bedford Ouse in south-east England using the INCA model

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 533-544

  Whitehead, P G ^a   Hill, T J ^a   Neal, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Bedford Ouse; Hafren; Hore; Land use change; Modelling; Nitrogen; Plynlimon; Severn; Wales; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; FORESTED CATCHMENT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITROGEN; WATER QUALITY;

CEREDIGION; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PLYNLIMON; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 8644271513     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-8-533-2004     Document Type: Article

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