The impact of nitrogen deposition on upland surface waters in Great Britain: A regional assessment of nitrate leaching

T. E.H. Allott; C. J. Curtis; J. Hall; R. Harriman; R. W. Battarbee

doi:10.1007/BF00476845

The impact of nitrogen deposition on upland surface waters in Great Britain: A regional assessment of nitrate leaching

T. E.H. Allott, C. J. Curtis, J. Hall, R. Harriman, R. W. Battarbee

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A national dataset of water chemistry collected for critical loads mapping is used to make a regional assessment of surface water nitrate concentrations in Great Britain. The primary data are dominated by high concentrations in lowland regions Where N inputs are dominated by non-atmospheric sources. Land cover data are used to screen out sites with potential catchment sources of N, allowing the evaluation of nitrate leaching due to atmospheric deposition alone. In the screened dataset several upland regions show elevated nitrate concentrations, notably Wales, the Pennines, Cumbria, Galloway and the Cairngorms, and there is a clear relationship between surface water nitrate and total N deposition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	297-302
Number of pages	6
Journal	Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
Volume	85
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00476845
Publication status	Published - Dec 1995
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Acid deposition
Great Britain
freshwaters
nitrate
nitrogen deposition

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Environmental Engineering
Environmental Chemistry
Ecological Modeling
Water Science and Technology
Pollution

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