Agriculture, Hydrology and Water Quality

By: Philip Haygarth (Editor), Steven Jarvis (Editor)

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Hardcover | 15 January 2002

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This book is a collection of state-of-the-art reviews on the global problems of diffuse water pollution from agriculture, which affects the water quality of rivers, lakes, reservoirs and the oceans. It includes chapters on eutrophication, phosphorus, nitrogen, manure, heavy metals, carbon/persistent organic pollutants and soil/siltation problems. The book reflects the opinions of the world's experts in these subjects, and is suitable as a reference book for researchers and advanced level students.

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"It provides a 'one-stop shop' for readers to broaden their knowledge base across links between agriculture and water quality."-- "Vadose Zone Journal"

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Contributors
Acknowledgements
Note on Terminology and Abbreviations
Introduction: an Interdisciplinary Approach for Agriculture, Hydrology and Water Quality
Agriculture: Potential Sources of Water Pollution
Introduction: Agriculture as a Potential Source of Water Pollution
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Manures
Pesticides and Persistent Organic Pollutants
Heavy Metals
Human Enteric Pathogens
Sediment
Nutrient Balances
Hydrology: the Carrier and Transport of Water Pollution
Introduction: Modelling Hydrological and Nutrient Transport Processes
Hydrological Source Management of Pollutants at the Soil Profile Scale
Hydrological Mobilization of Pollutants at the Field Slope Scale
Modelling Hydrological Mobilization of Nutrient Pollutants at the Catchment Scale
Pollutant-Sediment Interactions: Sorption, Reactivity and Transport of Phosphorus
Quantifying Sediment and Nutrient Pathways within Danish Agricultural Catchments
Development of Geographical Information Systems for Assessing Hydrological Aspects of Diffuse Nutrient and Sediment Transfer from Agriculture
Wetlands as Regulators of Pollutant Transport
Water Quality: Impacts and Case Studies from Around the World
Introduction: Impacts of Agriculture on Water Quality Around the World
Solutions to Nutrient Management Problems in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, USA
Nutrient and Pesticide Transfer from Agricultural Soils to Water in New Zealand
Land, Water and People: Complex Interactions in the Murrumbidgee River Catchment, New South Wales, Australia
Managing the Effects of Agriculture on Water Quality in Northern Ireland
Conflicts and Problems with Water Quality in the Upper Catchment of the Manyame River, Zimbabwe
Dryland Salinization: a Challenge for Land and Water Management in the Australian Landscape
Quantifying Nutrient Limiting Conditions in Temperate River Systems
Index
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