Nitrogen critical loads using biodiversity-related critical limits

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2223-2227

  Posch, Maximilian ^a   Aherne, Julian ^b   Hettelingh, Jean Paul ^a  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nutrient nitrogen; Optimal deposition region; Optimal load; Plant biodiversity; Simple mass balance

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTORS; CRITICAL LIMIT; CRITICAL LOAD; EFFECTS-BASED ASSESSMENT; EMISSION REDUCTION POLICIES; MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; OPTIMAL DEPOSITION REGION; OPTIMAL LOAD; PLANT BIODIVERSITY; SULPHUR DEPOSITION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; UPPER LIMITS;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; OPTIMIZATION; SULFUR;

NITROGEN;

SULFUR;

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; BIODIVERSITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANT; SULFUR; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ABIOTIC STRESS; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CRITICAL LOAD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GEOCHEMISTRY; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SIMULATION; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STEADY STATE; SULFUR CYCLE; VEGETATION;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN;

EID: 80052309493     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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