Nutrient budgets for European seas: A measure of the effectiveness of nutrient reduction policies

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1609-1617

  Artioli, Yuri ^a   Friedrich, Jana ^b   Gilbert, Alison J ^c   McQuatters Gollop, Abigail ^d   Mee, Laurence D ^e   Vermaat, Jan E ^c   Wulff, Fred ^f   Humborg, Christoph ^f   Palmeri, Luca ^a   Pollehne, Falk ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adriatic Sea; Baltic Sea; Black Sea; Eutrophication; North Sea; Nutrient budgets

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; ECONOMICS; EUTROPHICATION; FUSION REACTIONS; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PHOSPHORUS;

ADRIATIC SEA; BALTIC SEA; BLACK SEA; DIFFUSE SOURCES; EUROPEAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENTS; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN ADRIATIC; NUTRIENT BUDGETS; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENTS; NUTRIENT REDUCTION; NUTRIENT SOURCES; POINT SOURCES; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS;

NUTRIENTS;

NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS DERIVATIVE;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUTROPHICATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUTRIENT BUDGET; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; COASTAL WATERS; EUROPE; EUTROPHICATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT; POLICY; SEA POLLUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; EUTROPHICATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOSPHORUS;

ADRIATIC SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; BLACK SEA; EURASIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NORTH SEA;

EID: 49849083538     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2008.05.027     Document Type: Article

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