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dc.contributor.authorOliver, Daviden_UK
dc.contributor.authorHodgson, Chris Jen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHeathwaite, A Louiseen_UK
dc.contributor.authorChadwick, Dave Ren_UK
dc.contributor.authorWinter, Michaelen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-07T23:11:21Z-
dc.date.available2013-01-07T23:11:21Z-
dc.date.issued2009-02en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/3328-
dc.description.abstractDiffuse microbial pollution from agriculture is a key contributor to water quality impairment. Reducing the risk of microbial contamination of watercourses from agricultural sources requires both environmentally appropriate and socially acceptable mitigation and management approaches. A cross-disciplinary toolkit for on-farm microbial risk assessment is presented that can represent both social and environmental factors promoting or preventing the accumulation of faecal indicator organisms (FIOs) within the farm environment, and also their subsequent transfer to watercourses. Four key risk criteria were identified as governing FIO loss from land to water. These were ‘accumulating E. coli burden to land’, ‘landscape transfer potential’, ‘infrastructure’ and ‘social and economical obstacles to taking action’. The toolkit can be used to determine (i) the relative risk of a farm enterprise contributing to microbial watercourse pollution and (ii) appropriate and targeted mitigation to reduce the risk of FIO loss from land to water. A comparison of the toolkit output with microbiological water quality draining from three contrasting grassland farm enterprises provided a preliminary evaluation of the prototype approach. When applied to 31 grassland farm enterprises the toolkit suggested that 0% were categorised as negligible risk, 32% low, 65% medium, 3% high and 0% very high risk. Such qualitative risk-based tools can assist the policy community not only to target high risk areas, but also to develop mitigation strategies that are sensitive to the different ways in which risk is produced. Capacity for long-term cross-disciplinary research is argued to be the means by which these integrated and more sustainable solutions may emerge.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevier Massonen_UK
dc.relationOliver D, Hodgson CJ, Heathwaite AL, Chadwick DR & Winter M (2009) A cross-disciplinary toolkit to assess the risk of faecal indicator loss from grassland farm systems to surface waters. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 129 (4), pp. 401-412. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01678809; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2008.10.019en_UK
dc.rightsPublished in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment by Elsevier Masson.; This is the peer reviewed version of this article.; NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, VOL 129, ISSUE 4, (February 2009). DOI 10.1016/j.agee.2008.10.019.en_UK
dc.subjectDecision supporten_UK
dc.subjectE. colien_UK
dc.subjectFaecal indicatorsen_UK
dc.subjectFarmen_UK
dc.subjectMitigationen_UK
dc.subjectRisken_UK
dc.subjectDementia Institutional careen_UK
dc.subjectWater quality managementen_UK
dc.titleA cross-disciplinary toolkit to assess the risk of faecal indicator loss from grassland farm systems to surface watersen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.agee.2008.10.019en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleAgriculture, Ecosystems and Environmenten_UK
dc.citation.issn0167-8809en_UK
dc.citation.volume129en_UK
dc.citation.issue4en_UK
dc.citation.spage401en_UK
dc.citation.epage412en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusAM - Accepted Manuscripten_UK
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/01678809en_UK
dc.author.emaildavid.oliver@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationNorth Wyke Researchen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationLancaster Universityen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationNorth Wyke Researchen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Exeteren_UK
dc.identifier.wtid834249en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-6200-562Xen_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2009-02-28en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2011-09-06en_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionAMen_UK
local.rioxx.authorOliver, David|0000-0002-6200-562Xen_UK
local.rioxx.authorHodgson, Chris J|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHeathwaite, A Louise|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorChadwick, Dave R|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorWinter, Michael|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2011-09-06en_UK
local.rioxx.licencehttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved|2011-09-06|en_UK
local.rioxx.filenameAEE_Oliver et al_corrected manuscript.pdfen_UK
local.rioxx.filecount1en_UK
local.rioxx.source0167-8809en_UK
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