Global river nutrient export: A scenario analysis of past and future trends

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Seitzinger, S P ^a,b   Mayorga, E ^a,c   Bouwman, A F ^d,e   Kroeze, C ^f,g   Beusen, A H W ^d   Billen, G ^h   Van Drecht, G ^d   Dumont, E ⁱ   Fekete, B M ^j,k   Garnier, J ^h   Harrison, J A ^l  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Geosphere Biosphere Programme   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

ⁱ CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^k CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^l WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON-BASED; COASTAL EUTROPHICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANICS; DISSOLVED SILICA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FUTURE TRENDS; GLOBAL SCALE; INTEGRATED MODELING; KEY FACTORS; NUTRIENT ELEMENTS; NUTRIENT EXPORT; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; POPULATION CHANGE; PRO-ACTIVE APPROACH; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; SOUTH ASIA; UNDERLYING FACTORS;

DISSOLUTION; EUTROPHICATION; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SILICA;

NUTRIENTS;

CARBON; COASTAL ZONE; DAM; DETERGENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER SYSTEM; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SILICA;

SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 77954324316     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GB003587     Document Type: Article

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