Long-term variation (1960-2003) and causal factors of non-point-source nitrogen and phosphorus in the upper reach of the Yangtze River

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 252-253, Issue , 2013, Pages 45-56

  Shen, Zhenyao ^a   Chen, Lei ^a   Ding, Xiaowen ^a,b   Hong, Qian ^a   Liu, Ruimin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Causal factors; Long term variations; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Upper Reach of Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

CAUSAL FACTORS; EXPORT COEFFICIENT MODELS; LONG-TERM VARIATIONS; NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATIONS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; YANGTZE RIVER;

RIVER POLLUTION;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ADSORPTION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISSOLVED LOAD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HERB; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT; RIVER POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHINA; FOREST; ORCHARD; POLLUTANT; SOIL EROSION; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

CHINA; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 84874992433     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.02.039     Document Type: Article

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