The global distribution of ammonia emissions from seabird colonies

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 55, Issue , 2012, Pages 319-327

  Riddick, S N ^a,b   Dragosits, U ^a   Blackall, T D ^b   Daunt, F ^a   Wanless, S ^a   Sutton, M A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioenergetic modelling; Climate change; Coastal nitrogen; Emission map; Seabird colony; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA EMISSIONS; ANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONS; ATMOSPHERIC AMMONIA; BIOENERGETIC MODELLING; BIOENERGETICS MODEL; FIELD STUDIES; GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL EMISSIONS; GLOBAL SCALE; HOTSPOTS; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARITIME SYSTEMS; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION ESTIMATE; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENTS; SEABIRD COLONY; SOLUBILITY EQUILIBRIA; SURFACE INFILTRATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE RESPONSE; TERRESTRIAL PLANTS; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESTIMATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NITROGEN; TEMPERATURE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMMONIA; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOENERGETICS; BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEABIRD; SOIL INFILTRATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 84859905273     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.02.052     Document Type: Article

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