Modelling the spatial distribution of ammonia emissions from seabirds in the UK

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-185

  Wilson, L J ^a   Bacon, P J ^a   Bull, J ^a   Dragosits, U ^a   Blackall, T D ^a,b   Dunn, T E ^c   Hamer, K C ^b   Sutton, M A ^a   Wanless, S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Excretion; Inventory; Model; Nitrogen; Volatilisation

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; SEABIRDS;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; EMISSION; NITROGEN CYCLE; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCRETION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEABIRD; SPECIES; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHARADRIIFORMES; DEMOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3042800370     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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