Human impact on nitrate export: An analysis using major world rivers

Ambio

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-170

  Caraco, Nina F ^a   Cole, Jonathan J ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN;

HUMAN ACTIVITY; MODELING; NITRATE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION;

EID: 0032934919     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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42. First submitted 18 June 1997. Accepted for publication after revision 25 September 1997.