Nitrogen retention in two Norwegian watercourses of different trophic status

Ambio

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 282-288

  Berge, Dag ^a   Fjeld, Eirik ^a   Hindar, Atle ^a   Kaste, Øivind ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHIC LAKE; LAKE WATER QUALITY; NITROGEN; OLIGOTROPHIC LAKE; TROPHIC STATUS; WATERCOURSE;

NORWAY, BJERKREIM RIVER; NORWAY, EIKEREN;

EID: 0030767104     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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30. The study is supported financially by The Norwegian Research Council, The Nordic Council of Ministers, and by NIVA's own research fund.