Book: Agriculture, Hydrology and Water Quality by  PM Haygarth



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.

Part I: Agriculture: Potential sources of water pollution

* Introduction: Agriculture as a potential source of water pollution, A Sharpley, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, USA
* Nitrogen, D Hatch, IGER North Wyke Research Station, UK, K Goulding, Institute of Arable Crop Research, UK and D Murphy, University of Western Australia, Australia
* Phosphorus, P Leinweber, University of Rostock, Germany, B L Turner, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, USA and R Meissner, UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Germany
* Manures, D R Chadwick, USDA-North Wyke Research Station, UK and S Chen, University of Guelph, Canada
* Pesticides and persistent organic pollutants, B Gevao, and K C Jones, Institute of Environmental and Natural Sciences, UK
* Heavy metals, W de Vries, P F A M Romkens, Alterra Green World Research, The Netherlands, T van Leeuwen, Agricultural Economic Research Institute, The Netherlands and J J B Bronswijk, National Institute of Public Health and Environment, The Netherlands
* Human enteric pathogens, D L Jones, University of Wales, UK, G Campbell, University of Aberdeen, UK and C W Kaspar, University of Wisconsin, USA
* Sediment, T R Harrod, SSLRC North Wyke Research Station, UK and F D Theurer, National Water and Climate Centre, USDA, USA
* Nutrient balances, D B Beegle, L E Lanyon, Pennsylvania State University, USA and J T Sims, University of Delaware, USA

Part II: Hydrology: The carrier and transport of water pollution

* Introduction: Modelling hydrological and nutrient transport processes, K Beven, Lancaster University, UK
* Hydrological source management of pollutants at the soil profile scale, R W McDowell, A N Sharpley, P J A Kleinman and W J Gburek, Agricultural Research Services, USA
* Hydrological mobilization of pollutants at the slope/field scale, D Nash, D Halliwell, Agriculture Victoria, Ellinbank, Australia, and J Cox, CSIRO, Australia
* Modelling hydrological mobilization of nutrient pollutants at the catchment scale, Y J P Van Herpe, Ghent University, Belgium, P A Troch, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands, P F Quinn, Newcastle University, UK and S Anthony, ADAS Research and Development, UK
* Pollutant-sediment interactions: sorption, reactivity and transport of phosphorus, D S Baldwin, A M Mitchell, Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Australia, and J M Olley, CSIRO Land and Water, Australia
* Quantifying sediment and nutrient pathways within danish agricultural catchments, B Kronvang, R Grant, A R Laubel and M L Pedersen, National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark
* Development of geographical information systems for assessing hydrological aspects of diffuse nutrient and sediment transfer from agriculture, A I Fraser, SSLRC North Wyke Research Station, UK
* Wetlands as regulators of pollutant transport, M S A Blackwell, D V Hogan, and E Maltby, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Part III: Water Quality: Impacts and case studies from around the world, G Harris, CSIRO Land and Water, Australia

* Introduction: Impacts of agriculture on water quality around the world, G Harris, CSIRO Land and Water, Australia
* Solutions to nutrient management problems in the chesapeake bay watershed, USA, J T Sims, University of Delaware, USA and F J Coale, University of Maryland, USA
* Nutrient and pesticide transfer from agricultural soils to water in New Zealand, K C Cameron, H J Di, and L M Condron, Lincoln University, New Zealand
* Land, water and people: complex interactions in the murrumbidgee river catchment, New South Wales, Australia, S Pengelly and G Fishburn, NSW Department of Land and Water Conservation, Australia
* Managing the effects of agriculture on water quality in Northern Ireland, R H Foy and W C K O'Connor, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Belfast, Ireland
* Conflicts and problems with water quality in the upper catchment of the Manyame River, Zimbabwe, K E Motsi, E Mangwayana, and K E Giller, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
* Dryland salinisation: a challenge for land and water management in the Australian landscape, J Williams, G R Walker and T J Hatton, CSIRO Land and Water, Australia
* Quantifying nutrient limiting conditions in temperate river systems, A C Edwards, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, UK and P A Chambers, National Water Research Institute, Canada


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