Estimating the 'critical'distance at which adjacent land-use degrades wetland water and sediment quality

JE Houlahan, CS Findlay - Landscape Ecology, 2004 - Springer
Conversion of forested lands to agriculture or urban/residential areas has been associated
with declines in stream and lake water quality. Less attention has been paid to the effects of …

Annual water, sediment, nutrient, and organic carbon fluxes in river basins: A global meta‐analysis as a function of scale

M Mutema, V Chaplot, G Jewitt… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Process controls on water, sediment, nutrient, and organic carbon exports from the
landscape through runoff are not fully understood. This paper provides analyses from 446 …

The Han River watershed management initiative for the South-to-North water transfer project (Middle Route) of China

Q Zhang, Z Xu, Z Shen, S Li, S Wang - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2009 - Springer
Abstract The South-to-North Water Transfer (SNWT) Project of China is the largest of its kind
ever implemented. Of its three routes (ie, East, Middle and West), the middle one will transfer …

Development of a new index for integrating landscape patterns with ecological processes at watershed scale

L Chen, H Tian, B Fu, X Zhao - Chinese Geographical Science, 2009 - Springer
Understanding the relationship between landscape patterns and ecological processes has
been a central yet challenging research theme in landscape ecology. Over the past …

Recurrent Pseudo-nitzschia calliantha (Bacillariophyceae) and Alexandrium insuetum (Dinophyceae) winter blooms induced by agricultural runoff

S Spatharis, DB Danielidis, G Tsirtsis - Harmful Algae, 2007 - Elsevier
A winter bloom dominated by Pseudo-nitzschia calliantha Lundholm, Moestrup et Hasle
(Bacillariophyceae), a potential domoic acid producer, is reported for the first time in the …

Quantifying seasonal export and retention of nutrients in West European lowland rivers at catchment scale

JJM de Klein, AA Koelmans - Hydrological Processes, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
To set accurate critical values for the protection of lakes and coastal areas, it is crucial to
know the seasonal variation of nutrient exports from rivers. This article presents an improved …

Restoration of ponds in rural landscapes: Modelling the effect on nitrate contamination of surface water (the Seine River Basin, France)

P Passy, J Garnier, G Billen, C Fesneau… - Science of the total …, 2012 - Elsevier
Ponds were ubiquitous features of the traditional rural waterscape in the Seine watershed,
as shown by the 18th century Cassini map. Using the result of a water quality survey at the …

High methane emissions as trade-off for phosphorus removal in surface flow treatment wetlands

Ü Mander, M Maddison, AC Valach, K Soosaar, K Kill… - Aquatic Botany, 2024 - Elsevier
Constructed wetlands (CW) treating runoff from agricultural catchments reduce the nutrient
load of water, however, they can also be significant sources of greenhouse gases …

Rice straw management by farmers in a triple rice production system in the Mekong Delta, Viet Nam

NPH Van, TT Nga, H Arai, Y Hosen… - Tropical Agriculture …, 2014 - jstage.jst.go.jp
A triple-rice-cropping system is widespread in the Mekong Delta, and not only are 21 million
tons of rough rice (in 2008) produced annually but also 24 million tons of straw mass (dry …

The role of diversified landscape buffer structures for water quality improvement in an agricultural watershed, North China

XH Wang, CQ Yin, BQ Shan - Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 2005 - Elsevier
The quality of water flow crossing through the watershed ecosystem reflects the integrated
effects of many processes along water pathways. Experiments were conducted in a …