Development of regional characterization factors for aquatic eutrophication

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-43

  Gallego, Alejandro ^a   Rodríguez, Luis ^b   Hospido, Almudena ^a   Moreira, María Teresa ^a   Feijoo, Gumersindo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquatic eutrophication; Causality chain; Galicia; Life cycle impact assessment; Normalization; Site dependent characterization factors; Transport factor

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; COASTAL WATERS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77149171760     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-009-0122-4     Document Type: Article

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