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| Titel |
Improving water quality in agricultural catchments: sediment and nutrient retention in field wetlands |
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M. C. Ockenden, C. Deasy, J. N. Quinton, C. Stoate |
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EGU General Assembly 2012
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Artikel
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Englisch
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In: GRA - Volume 14 (2012) |
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250067402
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| Zusammenfassung |
| A recent update of Water Framework Directive classifications in the UK indicates that only
28% of water bodies currently achieve good ecological status and that agriculture is
one of the main sectors responsible for the pressures contributed by sediment and
nutrients. The use of edge-of-field features, such as field wetlands - small sediment
and pollutant trapping features ( |
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