Articles | Volume 19, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-453-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-19-453-2015
Research article
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26 Jan 2015
Research article |  | 26 Jan 2015

Using high-resolution phosphorus data to investigate mitigation measures in headwater river catchments

J. M. Campbell, P. Jordan, and J. Arnscheidt

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High-resolution phosphorus and flow data were used to gauge the effects of diffuse (soil P) and point source (septic tank system) mitigation measures in two flashy headwater river catchments. Over 4 years the data indicated an overall increase in P concentration in defined high flow ranges and low flow P concentration showed little change. The work indicates fractured responses to catchment management advice and mitigation which were also affected by variations in seasonal hydrometeorology.