Coastal nitrogen pollution: A review of sources and trends globally and regionally

Harmful Algae

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-20

  Howarth, Robert W ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Atmospheric deposition; Climate change; Estuaries; Eutrophication; Fertilizer; Nutrients; River basins; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 55749110011     PISSN: 15689883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2008.08.015     Document Type: Review

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