Riverine nitrogen export from the continents to the coasts

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Boyer, Elizabeth W ^a   Howarth, Robert W ^b   Galloway, James N ^c   Dentener, Frank J ^d   Green, Pamela A ^e   Vörösmarty, Charles J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; FERTILIZERS; FOSSIL FUELS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33244455836     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GB002537     Document Type: Article

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