Importance of long-term monitoring for detecting environmental change: lessons from a lowland river in south east England
Rising nitrate concentrations in rivers and groundwater in regions with intensive agriculture have been of concern for several decades. Long records of nitrate concentration are rare; in the UK, few pre-date 1974. Records from the River Stour from 1937 are analysed using moving-windows to explore th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2008-11-01
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| Series: | Biogeosciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.biogeosciences.net/5/1529/2008/bg-5-1529-2008.pdf |