Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 21, issue 2
Articles | Volume 21, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1149-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-1149-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 21, issue 2
Research article
 | 
23 Feb 2017
Research article |  | 23 Feb 2017

River water quality changes in New Zealand over 26 years: response to land use intensity

Jason P. Julian, Kirsten M. de Beurs, Braden Owsley, Robert J. Davies-Colley, and Anne-Gaelle E. Ausseil

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New Zealand is a natural laboratory for investigating water quality responses to land use intensity because it has one of the highest rates of agricultural intensification globally over recent decades. We interpreted water quality state and trends (1989–2014) of 77 river sites across NZ. We show that the greatest long-term negative impacts on river water quality have been increased cattle densities and legacy nutrients from intensively managed grasslands and plantation forests.
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