Changes of the nutrient loads of the Danube since the late eighties: An analysis based on long term changes along the whole Danube River and its main tributaries

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 205-212

  van Gils, J ^a   Behrendt, H ^b   Constantinescu, A ^c   Laszlo, F ^d   Popescu, L ^e  

^a WL DELFT HYDRAULICS   (Netherlands)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c Danube Delta National Institute   (Romania)

^d Research Center for Water Resources Development Budapest   (Hungary)

^e National Research Development Institute for Environmental Protection   (Romania)

Author keywords

Black Sea; Danube River; Nitrogen; Nutrient loads; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS;

BLACK SEA; DANUBE RIVER; NUTRIENT LOADS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER; SEWAGE OUTFALL;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUROPE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; RIVER; RIVER ECOSYSTEM;

DANUBE RIVER; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23844472676     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0407     Document Type: Article

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