Does divergence of nutrient load measurements matter for successful mitigation of marine eutrophication?

Ambio

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-160

  Gren, Ing Marie ^a   Destouni, Georgia ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Cost effectiveness; Eutrophication; Fairness; Nutrient measurement divergences

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; BASELINE CONDITIONS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EUTROPHICATION; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED LOAD;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; EUTROPHICATION; SEA; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EUROPE; EUTROPHICATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; WATER POLLUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 84859978752     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-011-0182-0     Document Type: Article

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