The significance of nitrogen runoff for eutrophication of freshwater and marine recipients

Ambio

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 312-320

  Hessen, Dag O ^a   Hindar, Atle ^b   Holtan, Gjertrud ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE WATER QUALITY; NITROGEN; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER QUALITY; WATER QUALITY;

NORWAY, ALULI RIVER; NORWAY, BJERKREIM RIVER;

EID: 0030869997     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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