Phosphorus in the environment: Natural flows and human interferences

Annual Review of Energy and the Environment

Volumn 25, Issue , 2000, Pages 53-88

  Smil, Vaclav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOCHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; EROSION; EUTROPHICATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHORUS; SOLUBILITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 0034514238     PISSN: 10563466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.energy.25.1.53     Document Type: Article

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