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Table 6 Total nutrient losses from the catchment of the Fleet Lagoon from woodland, urban and non-agricultural land use, and total nitrogen load received from precipitation.

From: Hindcasting of nutrient loadings from its catchment on a highly valuable coastal lagoon: the example of the Fleet, Dorset, UK, 1866–2004

Land Use

Area (ha)

total loss (t yr-1)

   

Nitrogen

Phosphorus

Woodland

90.35

1.17

0.002

Urban

78.51

0.39

0.079

Non-agricultural land

44.78

0.58

0.001

Total

 

2.15

0.081

Input from Precipitation

   
 

Area (ha)

Export Coefficient (kg N ha-1 yr-1)

Run-off Coefficient

Total Load (t yr-1)

Catchment

2807.08

12

0.38

12.8

Lagoon Surface

478.02

12

1.0

5.736

Total

   

18.537