Hence, there must be other reasons, such as pollution with, e.g., hydrophobic contaminants by diffuse sources (e.g., roads, traffic, and agricultural land use) or point sources upstream of the reference site.
This study, conducted at a beach that was impacted by widespread and diffuse sources of fecal contamination but no point source of contamination [ 46].
NPS areas are diffuse sources of contaminants contributed mostly by runoff as a result of different land use activities.
Diffuse sources of nutrients were defined as any anthropogenic sources of nutrients not accounted for as point sources, e.g., agriculture, forestry, storm water from built-up areas and atmospheric deposition to inland waters.
More detailed investigations confirmed the importance of building caulking and sealing materials as diffuse sources of PCB contamination [ 3, 4].
The diffuse sources of collateral input to SNr projection neurons suggested that feedback inhibition extended across topographic divisions.
Coastal and marine ecosystems are adversely affected by diffuse source pollution from agricultural activities in coastal river catchments (or watersheds).
Sunlight is a very diffuse source of energy, meaning it is not very concentrated like petrol or gas.
How, then, do people who run organizations, who want to nurture this diffuse source of cultural adaptation, find and develop these latent leaders?
Agriculture rainfall runoff is characterized as a nonpoint or diffuse source of water pollution.
