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Land use effects on sediment yield and quality

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Attempts to establish land use effects on sediment yield and water quality require consideration of (1) background biogeochemical cycling, (2) quantitative land use mapping, (3) selection of appropriate transport and attenuation models and (4) assessment of critical or threshold amounts, and types of land use change. Progress in each of these problem areas is considered.

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Slaymaker, O. Land use effects on sediment yield and quality. Hydrobiologia 91, 93–109 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02391925

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