Nitrogen fluxes from the landscape are controlled by net anthropogenic nitrogen inputs and by climate

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-43

  Howarth, Robert ^a   Swaney, Dennis ^a   Billen, Gilles ^b   Garnier, Josette ^b   Hong, Bongghi ^a   Humborg, Christoph ^c   Johnes, Penny ^d   Mörth, Carl Magnus ^c   Marino, Roxanne ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABEE METEORITE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CLIMATE EFFECT; COASTAL ZONE; FERTILIZER; FRESHWATER INPUT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN CYCLE; RIVER DISCHARGE; WATERSHED;

EID: 80052222332     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/100178     Document Type: Article

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