An assessment of human influences on fluxes of nitrogen from the terrestrial landscape to the estuaries and continental shelves of the North Atlantic Ocean

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 52, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 213-223

  Howarth, Robert W ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric deposition; Coastal eutrophication; Denitrification; Fertilizer; Nitrogen; Nitrogen budgets; Regional biogeochemistry; Sewage

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ESTUARY; NITROGEN; POLLUTION MONITORING;

(NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0031788176     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1009784210657     Document Type: Conference Paper

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