River water quality changes in New Zealand over 26 years: response to land use intensity

Relationships between land use and water quality are complex with interdependencies, feedbacks, and legacy effects. Most river water quality studies have assessed catchment land use as areal coverage, but here, we hypothesize and test whether land use <i>intensity</i> – the inputs (ferti...

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Main Authors: J. P. Julian, K. M. de Beurs, B. Owsley, R. J. Davies-Colley, A.-G. E. Ausseil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-02-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/21/1149/2017/hess-21-1149-2017.pdf