Spatial and temporal variations of river nitrogen exports from major basins in China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 6509-6520

  Ti, Chaopu ^a   Yan, Xiaoyuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Export model; Human activities; Nitrogen pollution; Point sources; Spatial temporal variations

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMIC GROWTH; LAND USE; LIVESTOCK; NITROGEN; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SAINT LAWRENCE BASIN; SHANDONG; YANGTZE BASIN; YELLOW RIVER ESTUARY; ZHUJIANG BASIN;

EID: 84880842643     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1715-9     Document Type: Article

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