A model reconstruction of riverine nutrient fluxes and eutrophication in the Belgian Coastal Zone since 1984

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 128, Issue , 2013, Pages 106-122

  Passy, P ^a   Gypens, N ^b   Billen, G ^a   Garnier, J ^a   Thieu, V ^a,c   Rousseau, V ^b   Callens, J ^a   Parent, J Y ^b   Lancelot, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coastal eutrophication; Environmental modelling; Land sea continuum; Long term trends of inputs of nutrients from land to sea; Seine Somme, Scheldt watersheds and North Sea

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; COASTAL EUTROPHICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT; LONG-TERM TREND; MODEL RECONSTRUCTION; NORTH SEA;

AGRICULTURE; BLOOMS (METAL); COASTAL ZONES; EUTROPHICATION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATERSHEDS;

NUTRIENTS;

ALGAL BLOOM; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; EUTROPHICATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RECONSTRUCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELGIUM; FRANCE; NORTH SEA; PICARDIE; SCHELDT BASIN; SCHELDT RIVER; SEINE BASIN; SOMME BASIN;

PHAEOCYSTIS;

EID: 84889079271     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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