Data from the programme Monitoring agricultural catchments include long time series on water chemistry, with high temporal resolution, from sampling of streams and groundwater in agriculturally dominated catchments throughout the country.
Monitoring agricultural catchments is a sub-programme within the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency's environmental monitoring of agricultural land. The aim of the programme is to investigate water quality in watercourses in a number of small areas dominated by agriculture. The areas have been selected to represent different cropping patterns and soil regions. The investigations are mainly focused on nitrogen and phosphorus losses from arable land to surface waters.
Surface water samples are taken every two weeks and concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorus and suspended solids are analysed.
Data from the survey is used to provide a broad picture of variations within the country and is an important source of knowledge with regard to the impact of Swedish agriculture on water quality. Data from the survey is also used to calibrate models used to estimate agricultural nutrient leaching at the national level.
| Funding agency | Swedish Environmental Protection Agency |
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| Keywords | plant nutrition, nutrient losses, water flow, water chemistry field, arable land, agricultural streams |
| File format | xlsx |
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The names and exact location of the participating farms are not given, in view of the willingness of farmers to provide information on their farming activities. |
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