Regional nitrogen budgets and riverine N & P fluxes for the drainages to the North Atlantic Ocean: Natural and human influences

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-139

  Howarth, R W ^a   Billen, G ^b   Swaney, D ^a   Townsend, A ^a   Jaworski, N ^c   Lajtha, K ^d   Downing, J A ^e   Elmgren, R ^f   Caraco, N ^g   Jordan, T ^h   Berendse, F ⁱ   Freney, J ^j   Kudeyarov, V ^k   Murdoch, P ^l   Zhu, Zhao Liang ^m  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c US EPA Lab   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^h SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^j CSIRO   (Australia)

^k INSTITUTE OF BASIC BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^l U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^m Institute of Soil Science   (China)

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Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Atmospheric deposition; Eutrophication; Fertilizer; N:P ratio; Nitrogen; Nitrogen budget; Nitrogen fixation; Phosphorus; Pristine; Rivers; Temperate; Tropical

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC INPUT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN BUDGET; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT FLUX; PHOSPHORUS CYLE; REGIONAL BUDGETS; RIVER DISCHARGE;

ATLANTIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030301985     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02179825     Document Type: Article

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