Monitoring of diffuse pollution from agriculture to support implementation of the WFD and the Nitrate Directive in Estonia

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-193

  Iital, Arvo ^a   Pachel, Karin ^b   Deelstra, Johannes ^c  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b Estonian Environment Information Centre   (Estonia)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Diffuse pollution; Monitoring; Nitrate Directive; WFD

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTONIA; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 40649129462     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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