Human impacts on the nitrogen cycle: A global problem judged from a local perspective

Ambio

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 321-325

  Hessen, Dag O ^a   Henriksen, Arne ^b   Hindar, Atle ^b   Mulder, Jan ^c   Tørseth, Kjetil ^d   Vagstad, Nils ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e Ctr for Soil and Environ Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL DISCHARGE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY DISCHARGE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN LOSS; POLLUTION SOURCE; WATERSHED;

NORWAY;

EID: 0030774393     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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