Reactive nitrogen inputs to US lands and waterways: How certain are we about sources and fluxes?

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 82-90

  Sobota, Daniel J ^a   Compton, Jana E ^b   Harrison, John A ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEALTH IMPACT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOLUTION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; WATER RESOURCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875825259     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/110216     Document Type: Review

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