Assessing nitrogen pressures on European surface water

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Grizzetti, B ^a   Bouraoui, F ^a   De Marsily, G ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; DIFFUSE NITROGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIONS; GEO-SPATIAL; GERMANY; MEUSE BASINS; MITIGATION MEASURES; MODEL CALIBRATIONS; MODEL RESULTS; MODELING APPROACHES; NITRATE LOADS; NITROGEN LOADS; NITROGEN PRESSURES; NITROGEN RETENTIONS; NUTRIENT LOSS; NUTRIENT PRESSURES; NUTRIENT SOURCES; REGRESSION EQUATIONS; RIVER BASINS; RIVER SYSTEMS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENTS; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; SURFACE WATER QUALITIES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; RIVERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

HYDRAULIC MODELS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RIVER BASIN; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL EUROPE; DANUBE BASIN; ELBE BASIN; EMS BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMAN BANK; GERMANY; RHINE BASIN; RHONE BASIN; SCOTIA SHELF; SEINE BASIN; WESER BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 64549150540     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GB003085     Document Type: Article

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