Can control of soil erosion mitigate water pollution by sediments?

RJ Rickson - Science of the Total Environment, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The detrimental impact of sediment and associated pollutants on water quality is widely
acknowledged, with many watercourses in the UK failing to meet the standard of 'good …

A review of the impacts of degradation threats on soil properties in the UK

AS Gregory, K Ritz, SP McGrath… - Soil Use and …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
National governments are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of their soil
resources and are sha** strategies accordingly. Implicit in any such strategy is that …

Benchmarking observational uncertainties for hydrology: rainfall, river discharge and water quality

H McMillan, T Krueger, J Freer - Hydrological Processes, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
This review and commentary sets out the need for authoritative and concise information on
the expected error distributions and magnitudes in observational data. We discuss the …

[HTML][HTML] Eurasian beaver activity increases water storage, attenuates flow and mitigates diffuse pollution from intensively-managed grasslands

A Puttock, HA Graham, AM Cunliffe, M Elliott… - Science of the total …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Beavers are the archetypal keystone species, which can profoundly alter ecosystem
structure and function through their ecosystem engineering activity, most notably the …

Linking environmental régimes, space and time: Interpretations of structural and functional connectivity

J Wainwright, L Turnbull, TG Ibrahim, I Lexartza-Artza… - Geomorphology, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Connectivity as a concept has been increasingly part of discussions or explanations in
hydrology, geomorphology and ecology. We address recent critiques of this approach by …

Storm event suspended sediment-discharge hysteresis and controls in agricultural watersheds: implications for watershed scale sediment management

SC Sherriff, JS Rowan, O Fenton… - Environmental …, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Within agricultural watersheds suspended sediment-discharge hysteresis during storm
events is commonly used to indicate dominant sediment sources and pathways. However …

Mainstreaming natural flood management: A proposed research framework derived from a critical evaluation of current knowledge

N Ellis, K Anderson, R Brazier - Progress in Physical …, 2021‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Natural flood management (NFM), or working with natural processes, is a growing flood risk
management method in the UK, Europe and worldwide. However, unlike the current …

Sediment and nutrient storage in a beaver engineered wetland

A Puttock, HA Graham, D Carless… - … Surface Processes and …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Beavers, primarily through the building of dams, can deliver significant geomorphic
modifications and result in changes to nutrient and sediment fluxes. Research is required to …

Magnitude of soil erosion in small catchments with different land use patterns under an extreme rainstorm event over the Northern Loess Plateau, China

N Wang, J Jiao, L Bai, Y Zhang, Y Chen, B Tang… - Catena, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Characteristics of soil erosion under extreme rainfall conditions are indicators of the
ecological restoration measures as well as the rationality of land use patterns in the region …

[HTML][HTML] Drought impacts, co** responses and adaptation in the UK outdoor livestock sector: Insights to increase drought resilience

G Salmoral, B Ababio, IP Holman - Land, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Drought has detrimental impacts on crop and livestock farming systems worldwide, but less
attention has been given to outdoor livestock systems, particularly in humid temperate …