Temporal and spatial variation of nutrient levels in the Nemunas River (Lithuania and Belarus)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 122, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 335-354

  Sileika, Antanas Sigitas ^a   Stålnacke, Per ^b   Kutra, Saulius ^a   Gaigalis, Kazimieras ^a   Berankiene, Laima ^a  

^a University of Agriculture   (Lithuania)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Concentration; Load; Monitoring; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; River; Trend

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER QUALITY;

NUTRIENT LEVELS; NUTRIENT RIVER WATER QUALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

RIVERS;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN OXIDE; PHOSPHATE; RIVER WATER;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER WATER; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; BELARUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LITHUANIA; LIVESTOCK; NUTRIENT LOADING; PASTURE; PLOWING; RIVER BASIN; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOIL FERTILIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER LOADING; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BYELARUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD; LITHUANIA; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS;

BALTIC STATES; BELARUS; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NEMUNAS DELTA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750620937     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9186-9     Document Type: Article

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