Mitigation options to reduce phosphorus losses from the agricultural sector and improve surface water quality: a review

Schoumans, O.F.; Chardon, W.J.; Bechmann, M.E.; Gascuel-Odoux, C.; Hofman, G.; Kronvang, B.; Rubæk, G.H.; Ulén, B.; Dorioz, J.-M.

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.061

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Mitigation options to reduce phosphorus losses from the agricultural sector and improve surface water quality: a review

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Schoumans, O.F., Chardon, W.J., Bechmann, M.E., Gascuel-Odoux, C., Hofman, G., Kronvang, B., Rubæk, G.H., Ulén, B. +1 more·2014·Science of The Total Environment

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The EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) obliges Member States to improve the quality of surface water and groundwater. The measures implemented to date have reduced the contribution of point sources of pollution, and hence diffuse pollution from agriculture has become more important. In many catchments the water quality remains poor. COST Action 869 was an EU initiative to improve surface water quality that ran from 2006 to 2011, in which 30 countries participated. Its main aim was a scientific evaluation of the suitability and cost-effectiveness of options for reducing nutrient loss from rural areas to surface waters at catchment scale, including the feasibility of the options under different climatic and geographical conditions. This paper gives an overview of various categories of mitigation options in relation to phosphorus (P). The individual measures are described in terms of their mode of action, applicability, effectiveness, time frame, environmental side-effects (N cycling) and cost. In total, 83 measures were evaluated in COST Action 869.

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For plant nutrients, most agricultural advisory services use thresholds of available reserves below which plant production may become nutrient-limited, while maximum values are related to the risk of losses.
“For plant nutrients, most agricultural advisory services use thresholds of available reserves below which plant production may become nutrientlimited, while maximum values are related to the risk of losses (Allen et al., 2006; Schoumans et al., 2014).”
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Section 3.1 (page unavailable) links low available soil phosphorus to the level needed for optimal crop growth and recommends reducing inputs where soil phosphorus is high to limit losses. It does not establish that most agricultural advisory services use lower thresholds and upper maximum values, or extend that practice to plant nutrients generally. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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Authors: Schoumans, O. F., Chardon, W. J., Bechmann, M. E., Gascuel-Odoux, C., Hofman, G., Kronvang, B., Rubæk, G. H., Ulén, B., & Dorioz, J.-M.
Affiliations: Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Ghent University (BE)
Aarhus University (DK)
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SE)
Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement (FR)
Corresponding author: Schoumans, O.F.
ORCID: Schoumans, O.F.
Chardon, W.J.
Bechmann, M.E.
Kronvang, B.
Rubæk, G.H.
Ulén, B.
Venue: Science of The Total Environment
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2014-01
Volume: 468-469
Pages: 1255-1266
ISSN: 0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.061
OpenAlex: W2145247115
Cited by: 408
References: 135
Citations by year: 2026: 21 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 43 · 2019: 40 · 2018: 43 · 2017: 29 · 2016: 31 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 2
FWCI: 18.92
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
research.wur.nl
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: The Science of The Total Environment (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling (submittedVersion)
HAL (submittedVersion)
Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion)
Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders: COoperation in Science and Technology (COST) (COST 869)
EU RTD Framework Programme
Topics: Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Integrated Water Resources Management
Keywords: agricultural non-point source pollution, surface water quality, Water Framework Directive, catchment-scale management, nitrogen cycling, point source pollution
MeSH terms: Agriculture, Conservation of Natural Resources, Phosphorus, Water Movements, Water Pollution, Chemical, Agrochemicals, Water Quality

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