Key factors influencing differences in stream water quality across space

A Lintern, JA Webb, D Ryu, S Liu… - Wiley …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, many rivers are experiencing declining water quality, for example, with altered
levels of sediments, salts, and nutrients. Effective water quality management requires a …

Agriculture and eutrophication: where do we go from here?

PJA Withers, C Neal, HP Jarvie, DG Doody - Sustainability, 2014 - mdpi.com
The eutrophication of surface waters has become an endemic global problem. Nutrient
loadings from agriculture are a major driver, but it remains very unclear what level of on-farm …

Transit times—The link between hydrology and water quality at the catchment scale

M Hrachowitz, P Benettin… - Wiley …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In spite of trying to understand processes in the same spatial domain, the catchment
hydrology and water quality scientific communities are relatively disconnected and so are …

Removal of non-point source pollutants from domestic sewage and agricultural runoff by vegetated drainage ditches (VDDs): Design, mechanism, management …

MN Kumwimba, F Meng, O Iseyemi, MT Moore… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Domestic wastewater and agricultural runoff are increasingly viewed as major threats to both
aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems due to the introduction of non-point source inorganic (eg …

Delivery and cycling of phosphorus in rivers: a review

PJA Withers, HP Jarvie - Science of the total environment, 2008 - Elsevier
Phosphorus (P) supply (concentration and flux) is an important driver for biological activity in
flowing waters and needs to be managed to avoid eutrophication impacts associated with …

National scale evaluation of the InVEST nutrient retention model in the United Kingdom

JW Redhead, L May, TH Oliver, P Hamel… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
A wide variety of tools aim to support decision making by modelling, map** and
quantifying ecosystem services. If decisions are to be properly informed, the accuracy and …

Sediment fingerprinting in fluvial systems: review of tracers, sediment sources and mixing models

A Haddadchi, DS Ryder, O Evrard, J Olley - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Suspended sediments in fluvial systems originate from a myriad of diffuse and point sources,
with the relative contribution from each source varying over time and space. The process of …

Heavy metals distribution, risk assessment and water quality characterization by water quality index of the River Soan, Pakistan

S Nazeer, MZ Hashmi, RN Malik - Ecological indicators, 2014 - Elsevier
Distribution of heavy metals, nutrients and some physico-chemical variables were studied in
water, suspended and bed sediment samples along River Soan and its tributaries during pre …

The benefits of systematic map** to evidence-based environmental management

NR Haddaway, C Bernes, BG Jonsson, K Hedlund - Ambio, 2016 - Springer
Reviews of evidence are a vital means of summarising growing bodies of research.
Systematic reviews (SRs) aim to reduce bias and increase reliability when summarising high …

The problem of agricultural 'diffuse'pollution: Getting to the point

S Harrison, C McAree, W Mulville, T Sullivan - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Despite introduction of legislation such as the EU Nitrates and Water Framework Directives
(Directives 91/676/EEC and 2000/60/EC respectively), agricultural practices are often still …