Assessment of eutrophication in estuaries: Pressure-state-response and nitrogen source apportionment

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 678-690

  Whitall, David ^a   Bricker, Suzanne ^a   Ferreira, Joao ^b   Nobre, Ana M ^b   Simas, Teresa ^b   Silva, Margarida ^c  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c Instituto Do Ambiente   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Assessment; Estuaries; European Union; Eutrophication; Modeling; Nitrogen; United States

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATERSHEDS; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMAN SEWAGE;

CONDITION MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN; UNITED STATES; WATERSHEDS;

ESTUARIES;

NITROGEN; RUNOFF;

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ESTUARY; EUROPEAN UNION; EUTROPHICATION; MODELING; NITROGEN; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTUARY; EUROPEAN UNION; EUTROPHICATION; PORTUGAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; PAMLICO SOUND; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34648822370     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0344-6     Document Type: Article

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