Basin characteristics and nutrient losses: the EUROHARP catchment network perspective

F. Bouraoui; B. Grizzetti; G. Adelsköld; H. Behrendt; I. de Miguel; M. Silgram; S. Gómez; K. Granlund; L. Hoffmann; B. Kronvang; S. Kværnø; A. Lázár; M. Mimikou; G. Passarella; P. Panagos; H. Reisser; B. Schwarzl; C. Siderius; A. S. Sileika; A. A. M. F. R. Smit; R. Sugrue; M. VanLiedekerke; J. Zaloudik

doi:10.1039/B822931G

Basin characteristics and nutrient losses: the EUROHARP catchment network perspective†

F. Bouraoui,*^a B. Grizzetti,^a G. Adelsköld,^b H. Behrendt,^b I. de Miguel,^c M. Silgram,^d S. Gómez,^c K. Granlund,^e L. Hoffmann,^f B. Kronvang,^g S. Kværnø,^h A. Lázár,ⁱ M. Mimikou,^j G. Passarella,^k P. Panagos,^a H. Reisser,^l B. Schwarzl,^m C. Siderius,ⁿ A. S. Sileika,^o A. A. M. F. R. Smit,ⁿ R. Sugrue,^p M. VanLiedekerke^a and J. Zaloudik^q

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^a Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Via Fermi, Ispra, VA, Italy
E-mail: faycal.bouraoui@jrc.it

^b SLU, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P O Box 7062, UPPSALA, Sweden

^c Department of Environmental Monitoring Operations, Division of Integrated Environmental Quality Management, EGMASA (Andalusian Regional Ministry for the Environment), Johan G. Gutenberg, s/n. Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla

^d Soils, land management & water quality Environment Group, ADAS, Wergs Road, Wolverhampton, UK

^e Finnish Environment Institute, P.O.Box 140, Helsinki, Finland

^f Public Research Centre-Gabriel Lippmann, Environment and Biotechnologies Research Unit, 41, rue du Brill, Belvaux, Grand-duchy of Luxembourg

^g National Environmental Research Institute, Department of Freshwater Ecology, Vejlsøvej 25, Silkeborg, Denmark

^h Bioforsk - Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, Soil and Environment Division, Frederik A. Dahls vei 20, Norway

ⁱ VITUKI Consult, Kvassay Jenõ út 1, Budapest, Hungary

^j National Technical University of Athens, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Water Resources, Hydraulic and Maritime Engineering, Iroon Politechniou 5, Zografou, Greece

^k Instituto di Ricerca sulle Acque (IRSA-CNR), Italy

^l Beture-Cerec. Montigny Le Bretonneux, Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France

^m Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Department Terrestrial Ecology, Spittelauer Lände 5, Austria

ⁿ Alterra, Environmental Science Group, P.O. Box 47, Wageningen, The Netherlands

^o Water Management Institute of the Lithuanian University of Agriculture, Parko 6, Vilainiai, Lithuania

^p RPS Consulting Engineers, Elmwood House, 74 Boucher Road, Belfast, Ireland

^q Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology AS CR, Na Sadkach 7, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Abstract

The EC-funded EUROHARP project studies the harmonisation of modelling tools to quantify nutrient losses from diffuse sources. This paper describes a set of study areas used in the project from geographical conditions, to land use and land management, geological and hydro-geological perspectives. The status of data availability throughout Europe in relation to the modelling requirements is presented. The relationships between the catchment characteristics and the nutrient export are investigated, using simple data available for all the catchments. In addition, this study also analyses the hydrological representativity of the time series utilised in the EUROHARP project.

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Basin characteristics and nutrient losses: the EUROHARP catchment network perspective†

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