Cost assessment and ecological effectiveness of nutrient reduction options for mitigating Phaeocystis colony blooms in the Southern North Sea: An integrated modeling approach

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2179-2191

  Lancelot, Christiane ^a   Thieu, Vincent ^b,d   Polard, Audrey ^a   Garnier, Josette ^b,c   Billen, Gilles ^b,c   Hecq, Walter ^a   Gypens, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal eutrophication mitigation; Cost assessment; Ecological effectiveness; River ocean modeling; Southern North Sea

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BEACHES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BLOOMS (METAL); COASTAL ZONES; COST ACCOUNTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST ESTIMATING; ESTIMATION; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENTS; RIVER POLLUTION; SEAWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATERSHEDS;

COASTAL EUTROPHICATION; COST ASSESSMENT; ECOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; OCEAN MODEL; SOUTHERN NORTH SEA;

COST REDUCTION;

RAIN;

ALGAL BLOOM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC FARMING;

ALGA; ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FOAM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; ORGANIC FARMING; PHAEOCYSTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATERSHED;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA;

PHAEOCYSTIS;

EID: 79953303235     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.02.023     Document Type: Article

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