Recent trends in nutrient concentrations in Swedish agricultural rivers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 373, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 473-487

  Ulen B ^a   Folster J ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Department of Environmental Assessment ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Environmental subsidies; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; River; Trends

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL SUBSIDIES; NON REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS (NRP); REACTIVE INORGANIC NITROGEN (RIN); REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS (RP);

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LEACHING; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PHOSPHORUS;

RIVERS;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; REACTIVE INORGANIC NITROGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABLE LAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUROPEAN UNION; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; RIVER FLOW; RIVER WATER; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SWEDEN;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SKANE; SWEDEN;

BOS;

EID: 33846592366     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.11.032     Document Type: Article

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