Phosphorus control is critical to mitigating eutrophication

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 32, 2008, Pages 11039-11040

  Carpenter, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; DRINKING WATER; FRESH WATER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANONITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR POLLUTION; ALGAL BLOOM; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BIOSPHERE; COASTAL WATERS; CROP PRODUCTION; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SOIL FERTILIZATION; TILLAGE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOMASS; CYANOBACTERIA; EUTROPHICATION; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHOSPHORUS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 49649116942     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806112105     Document Type: Note

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