N:P:Si nutrient export ratios and ecological consequences in coastal seas evaluated by the ICEP approach

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Garnier, Josette ^a   Beusen, Arthur ^b   Thieu, Vincent ^a   Billen, Gilles ^a   Bouwman, Lex ^b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EUTROPHICATION; COASTAL SEAS; ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES; ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL SCALE; MEASUREMENT DATA; NUTRIENT EXPORT; NUTRIENT FLUXES; POSITIVE VALUE;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SILICA;

EUTROPHICATION;

COASTAL ZONE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER SYSTEM; SILICON; WATERSHED;

EID: 77954322321     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GB003583     Document Type: Article

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