Riparian zones of rivers are transitional environments between land and water ecosystems
with distinct hydrological gradients, soils and habitats strongly related to their functioning …

As the world's most abundant source of terrestrial carbon, peatlands provide numerous
ecosystem services, including habitat biodiversity and freshwater quality. Land and water …

More than half of surface water bodies in Europe are at less than good ecological status
according to Water Framework Directive assessments, and diffuse pollution from agriculture …

The evolution of phosphorus (P) management decision support tools (DSTs) and systems
(DSS), in support of food and environmental security has been most strongly affected in …

Catchment models are essential tools to identify and predict water quality problems linked to
excessive nutrient applications (in this case phosphorus (P)). The Catchment Runoff …

Abstract Domestic Wastewater Treatment Systems (DWTS) are often cited as significant
sources of pollution in rural catchments. A mass balance based model has been developed …

ABSTRACT A hydrological framework encompassing nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and
microbial (E. coli) transfer from land to water was developed to provide a consistent and …

In the Irish environment, anthropogenic pressures have led to widespread nutrient over-
enrichment and eutrophication in surface waters. In the past 25 years European Directives …

Willows (Salix SPP.) are increasingly being grown as a source of biomass which can be
harnessed for energy production at a commercial scale as one example of a Short Rotation …

Excessive nutrient loading to the marine environment from different sources and pathways,
including rivers, has led to nutrient over-enrichment and the phenomenon of eutrophication …