Anthropogenic modification of the nitrogen cycling within the Greater Hangzhou Area system, China

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 974-988

  Gu, Baojing ^a   Chang, Jie ^a   Ge, Ying ^a   Ge, Hanliang ^a   Yuan, Chi ^a   Peng, Changhui ^b   Jiang, Hong ^c,d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c ZHEJIANG A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Biogeochemistry; China; Denitrification; Fertilizer; Fossil fuel combustion; Greater Hangzhou Area; Urban rural complex system; Urbanization; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZER; FOSSIL FUEL; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; STATISTICS; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; NITROGEN; URBANIZATION; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HANGZHOU; YANGTZE DELTA; ZHEJIANG;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 66149179032     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0027.1     Document Type: Article

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