Threshold values and management options for nutrients in a catchment of a temperate estuary with poor ecological status

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2663-2683

  Hinsby, K ^a   Markager, S ^b   Kronvang, B ^b   Windolf, J ^b   Sonnenborg, T O ^a   Thorling, L ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOMS; COASTAL CATCHMENTS; COASTAL WATERS; CURRENT LOADS; ECOLOGICAL STATUS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FARMING PRACTICES; FISH KILLS; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; MANAGEMENT OPTIONS; MARINE WATERS; MODEL ESTIMATES; NUTRIENT LOADS; PHYSICALLY BASED; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; WATER CLARITY; WATERBODIES; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; EUTROPHICATION; GROUNDWATER; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; COASTAL WATER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WATER QUALITY;

DENMARK; HORSENS FJORD;

ALGAE;

EID: 84869396387     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-2663-2012     Document Type: Article

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