The impact of accelerating land-use change on the N-cycle of tropical aquatic ecosystems: Current conditions and projected changes

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 109-148

  Downing, J A ^a   McClain, M ^b   Twilley, R ^c   Melack, J M ^d   Elser, J ^e   Rabalais, N N ^f   Lewis Jr , W M ^g   Turner, R E ^h   Corredor, J ⁱ   Soto, D ^j   Yanez Arancibia, A ^k   Kopaska, J A ^a   Howarth, R W ^l  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Louisiana Universities Mar C   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^j UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^k INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^l Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

Estuaries; Lakes; Marine; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Rivers; Streams; Temperate; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROGEN CYCLE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0032794536     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01007576     Document Type: Article

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