Nutrient pressures and ecological responses to nutrient loading reductions in Danish streams, lakes and coastal waters

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 304, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 274-288

  Kronvang, Brian ^a   Jeppesen, Erik ^a,b   Conley, Daniel J ^b,c   Søndergaard, Martin ^a   Larsen, Søren E ^a   Ovesen, Niels B ^a   Carstensen, Jacob ^c  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ecological impacts; Estuaries; Freshwater; Nutrients; Pressures; State; Trends

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; CHLOROPHYLL; COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; LAKES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENTS; ECOLOGICAL RESPONSES; NUTRIENT PRESSURES; STREAMS DRAINING;

ECOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; COASTAL WATER; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; POINT SOURCE; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; BASINS; CHLOROPHYLLS; COASTS; ECOLOGY; ESTUARIES; LAKES; NITROGEN;

DENMARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 14744279473     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2004.07.035     Document Type: Article

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