Excess nitrogen in the U.S. environment: Trends, risks, and solutions

Issues in Ecology

Volumn , Issue 15, 2011, Pages

  Davidson, Eric A ^a   David, Mark B ^b   Galloway, James N ^c   Goodale, Christine L ^d   Haeuber, Richard ^e   Harrison, John A ^f   Howarth, Robert W ^d   Jaynes, Dan B ^g   Lowrance, R Richard ^h   Thomas Nolan, B ⁱ   Peel, Jennifer L ^j   Pinder, Robert W ^e   Porter, Ellen ^k   Snyder, Clifford S ^l   Townsend, Alan R ^m   Ward, Mary H ⁿ  

^a WOODS HOLE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^h SOUTHEAST WATERSHED RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^j Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^k NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^l INTERNATIONAL PLANT NUTRITION INSTITUTE   (China)

^m UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

ⁿ NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AIR QUALITY; AMMONIA; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOSPHERE; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL REEF; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY USE; HEALTH RISK; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIVESTOCK; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUTRIENT LOSS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RISK FACTOR; TRANSPORTATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; AVES;

EID: 84856790567     PISSN: 10928987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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