Danish policy measures to reduce diffuse nitrogen emissions from agriculture to the aquatic environment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 91-100

  Grant, R ^a   Blicher Mathiesen, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Aquatic environment; Fertilisers; Nitrate leaching; Organic manure; Policy Measures

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; FERTILIZERS; MANURES; MONITORING; NITROGEN; REDUCTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

WATER RESOURCES;

NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; AGRICULTURAL SLURRY; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGRICULTURE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP MANAGEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MANURE; POLICY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TANK; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WINTER;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 1642417587     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0170     Document Type: Article

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