Surf or turf: A shift from feed to food cultivation could reduce nutrient flux to the Gulf of Mexico

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-113

  Donner, Simon D ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilizer; Gulf of Mexico; Hypoxia; Mississippi River; Nitrogen; Vegetarian diet

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; FERTILIZER; FOOD PRODUCTION; MEAT; NITROGEN; RIPARIAN ZONE; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; WETLAND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33846803990     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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