Pre-industrial and contemporary fluxes of nitrogen through rivers: A global assessment based on typology

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-105

  Green, Pamela A ^a   Vörösmarty, Charles J ^a,b   Meybeck, Michel ^c   Galloway, James N ^d   Peterson, Bruce J ^e   Boyer, Elizabeth W ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic loading; Global; Nitrogen; Nitrogen budget; Nitrogen yields; Rivers; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NITROGEN; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 3342885483     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOG.0000025742.82155.92     Document Type: Article

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