Variation in the reactive phosphorus concentrations in rivers of northwest Europe with respect to their potential to cause eutrophication

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 195-204

  Foy, R H ^a  

^a AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Reactive phosphorus; River; Urban population; Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive; Waste water treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EUTROPHICATION; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; URBAN POLLUTION; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; BENELUX; CENTRAL EUROPE; DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; IRELAND; NETHERLANDS; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548305246     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2007.00111.x     Document Type: Article

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