A long-term view of nutrient transfers through the Seine river continuum

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 375, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 80-97

  Billen, G ^a   Garnier, J ^a   Nemery J ^a   Sebilo, M ^b   Sferratore, A ^a   Barles, S ^c   Benoit, P ^d   Benoit M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^c UMR CNRS AUS 7136   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Eutrophication; Fertilizer; Nitrogen; Nutrient; Phosphorus; Seine river; Silica; Urban Sewage

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DRAINAGE; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZERS; LAND USE; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS; IN-STREAM TRANSFORMATION; NUTRIENT TRANSFER; URBAN POPULATION;

NUTRITION;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON;

DRAINAGE NETWORK; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; POINT SOURCE; RETENTION; SEWAGE; SILICA; TRANSFORMATION; URBAN POPULATION; WATERSHED;

AGRICULTURAL PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CITY; DIATOM; EUTROPHICATION; FRANCE; HYDROLOGY; LAND BIOME; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT LOADING; NUTRIENT TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEA; SEASHORE; SEWAGE; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SILICON DIOXIDE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

CITIES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; SEWAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ILE-DE-FRANCE; PARIS; SEINE RIVER; VILLE-DE-PARIS; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33947154762     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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