A 50‐year record of nitrate concentrations in the Slapton Ley Catchment, Devon, United Kingdom

• Published in: Hydrological processes Vol. 35; no. 1
• Main Authors: Burt, Tim P., Worrall, Fred, Howden, Nicholas J. K., Jarvie, Helen P., Pratt, Andrew, Hutchinson, Tom H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.01.2021; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Annual variations; Chemical properties; Chemicophysical properties; England; Eutrophic environments; Eutrophication; Fresh water; Freshwater; Influent streams; Influents; Inland water environment; Lake sediments; Lakes; Monitoring; Nitrates; Nutrients; Research projects; Rivers; sediments; Streams; surface water; Water quality; Watersheds; Weekly; United Kingdom > UK; England

Slapton Ley, a coastal lake, is the largest natural body of fresh water in south‐west England. There was concern in the 1960s that the lake was becoming increasingly eutrophic. To quantify inputs of water, sediment and nutrients into the lake, Slapton Ley Field Centre initiated a programme of weekly...