Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Note on Terminology and Abbreviations -- Introduction: an Interdisciplinary Approach for Agriculture, Hydrology and Water Quality -- PM.Haygarth and S.C.Jarvis --Section 1.Agriculture: Potential Sources of Water Pollution -- Introduction: Agriculture as a Potential Source of Water Pollution -- A.N.Sharpley -- 1.Nitrogen -- D.Hatch, K.Goulding and D.Murphy -- 2.Phosphorus -- P Leinweber, B.L.Turner and R.Meissner -- 3.Manures -- D.R.Chadwick and S.Chen -- 4.Pesticides and Persistent Organic Pollutants -- B.Gevao and K.C.Jones -- 5.Heavy Metals -- W de Vries, PF.A.M.R6mkens, T.van Leeuwen and J.J.B.Bronswijk -- 6.Human Enteric Pathogens -- D.L.Jones, G.Campbell and C.W Kaspar -- 7.Sediment -- TR.Harrod and F.D.Theurer -- 8.Nutrient Balances -- D.B.Beegle, L.E.Lanyon and J.T.Sims --Section 2.Hydrology: the Carrier and Transport of Water Pollution -- Introduction: Modelling Hydrological and Nutrient Transport Processes -- K.Beven -- 9.Hydrological Source Management of Pollutants at the Soil Profile Scale -- R.W McDowell, A.N.Sharpley, P.J.A.Kleinman and W.J.Gburek -- 10.Hydrological Mobilization of Pollutants at the Field/Slope Scale -- D.Nash, D.Halliwell andJ.Cox -- 11.Modelling Hydrological Mobilization of Nutrient Pollutants at the Catchment Scale -- Y.J.P.Van Herpe, PA.Troch, PF.Quinn and S.Anthony -- 12.Pollutant-Sediment Interactions: Sorption, Reactivity and Transport of Phosphorus -- D.S.Baldwin, A.M, Mitchell and J.M.Olley -- 13.Quantifying Sediment and Nutrient Pathways within Danish Agricultural Catchments -- B.Kronvang, R.Grant, A.R.Laubel and M.L.Pedersen -- 14.Development of Geographical Information Systems for Assessing Hydrological Aspects of Diffuse Nutrient and Sediment Transfer from Agriculture -- A.I.Fraser -- 15.Wetlands as Regulators of Pollutant Transport -- M.S.A.Blackwell, D.V Hogan and E.Maltby --Section 3.Water Quality: Impacts and Case Studies from Around the World -- Introduction: Impacts of Agriculture on Water Quality Around the World -- G.Harris -- 16.Solutions to Nutrient Management Problems in the Chesapeake Bay -- Watershed, USA -- J.T Sims and F.J.Coale -- 17.Nutrient and Pesticide Transfer from Agricultural Soils to Water in New Zealand -- K.C.Cameron, H.J.Di and L.M.Condron -- 18.Land, Water and People: Complex Interactions in the Murrumbidgee River Catchment, New South Wales, Australia -- S.Pengelly and G.Fishburn -- 19.Managing the Effects of Agriculture on Water Quality in Northern Ireland -- R.H.Foy and WC.K.O'Connor -- 20.Conflicts and Problems with Water Quality in the Upper Catchment of the Manyame River, Zimbabwe -- KE.Motsi, E.Mangwayana and K.E.Giller -- 21.Dryland Salinization: a Challenge for Land and Water Management in the Australian Landscape -- J.Williams, G.R.Walker and T.Hatton -- 22.Quantifying Nutrient Limiting Conditions in Temperate River Systems -- A.C.Edwards and PA.Chambers -- Index.