Modeling the Baltic Sea Eutrophication in a decision support system

Ambio

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 141-148

  Savchuk, Oleg P ^a   Wulff, Fredrik ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; POLLUTION CONTROL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 34250669055     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2007)36[141:MTBSEI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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50. We thank Pekka Kotilainen from the Finnish Environment Institute and Jerzy Bartnicki from the Co-operative programme for monitoring and evaluation of the long range transmission of air pollutants in Europe. This work was financed by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (MISTRA) within MARE (Marine Research on Eutrophication) programme.