A global analysis of acidification and eutrophication of terrestrial ecosystems

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 141, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 349-382

  Bouwman, A F ^a   Van Vuuren, D P ^a   Derwent, R G ^b   Posch, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidification; Base cations; Deposition; Ecosystems; Eutrophication; Global extrapolation; Nitrogen; Sulfur; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; AIR; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN; POLLUTION; SOILS; SULFUR; WATER;

DENTRIFICATION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ACID; BASE; CATION; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

ACIDIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

AFRICA; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; EUTROPHICATION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MODEL; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ACIDIFICATION; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TREATMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AMERICA; STEADY STATE; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UNITED STATES; USSR;

EID: 0036874477     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021398008726     Document Type: Review

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