History of nutrient inputs to the northeastern United States, 1930-2000

Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 578-591

  Hale, Rebecca L ^a   Hoover, Joseph H ^b   Wollheim, Wilfred M ^c   Vörösmarty, Charles J ^d  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d City University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DEPOSITION; FERTILIZERS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POPULATION STATISTICS; STOICHIOMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS; HUMAN POPULATION; N:P STOICHIOMETRIES; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENT REDUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS;

NUTRIENTS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; FERTILIZER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FIXATION; LIVESTOCK; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LOSS; NUTRIENT USE; POPULATION DENSITY; STOICHIOMETRY; TIME SERIES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879456254     PISSN: 08866236     EISSN: 19449224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gbc.20049     Document Type: Article

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