Modelling nitrogen in the Yeilirmak River catchment in Northern Turkey: Impacts of future climate and environmental change and implications for nutrient management

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2404-2418

  Hadjikakou, Michalis ^a,b   Whitehead, Paul G ^a   Jin, Li ^a   Futter, Martyn ^c   Hadjinicolaou, Panos ^d   Shahgedanova, Maria ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d CYPRUS INSTITUTE   (Cyprus)

^e UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate change; Modelling; Nitrate; Wastewater treatment; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BASELINE VALUES; COMBINED EFFECT; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUTURE CLIMATE; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS; MODELLING; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NITRATE LEVELS; NITROGEN MODELS; NITROGEN POLLUTION; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; POLICY OPTIONS; POLLUTION PROBLEMS; REGIONAL CIRCULATION MODELS; RIVER CATCHMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS;

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; POLLUTION; RECLAMATION; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

NITRATE; NITROGEN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPING WORLD; FUTURE PROSPECT; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MODEL; POLLUTION CONTROL; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SIMULATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; STATISTICS; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTANT;

TURKEY; YESILIRMAK RIVER;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; POPULATION GROWTH; RIVERS; TURKEY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 79955027952     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.02.038     Document Type: Article

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