Potential modification of the fluxes of nitrogen from the Humber Estuary catchment (U.K.) to the North Sea in response to changing agricultural inputs and climate patterns

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 475-476, Issue , 2002, Pages 65-77

  Tappin, Alan D ^a   Harris, John R W ^b   Uncles, Reginald J ^a   Boorman, David ^c  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment; Estuary; Humber; Models; Nitrogen; Ouse; River; Trent

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FERTILIZERS; FLUXES; NITROGEN; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RIVERS;

MARINE BOUNDARIES;

ESTUARIES;

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ESTUARY; NITROGEN; RIVER FLOW;

NORTH SEA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037095992     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020340620112     Document Type: Article

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