Modelling mitigation options to reduce diffuse nitrogen water pollution from agriculture

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2014, Pages 1267-1277

  Bouraoui, Fayçal ^a   Grizzetti, Bruna ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Mitigation measures; Models; Nitrogen; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION MEASURES; PHYSICALLY BASED MODELS; SURFACE AND GROUND WATERS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES; WATER QUALITY DEGRADATION;

AGRICULTURE; CATCHMENTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GROUNDWATER; MODELS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WETLANDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MITIGATION; NITROGEN; STAKEHOLDER; SURFACE WATER; TRADE-OFF; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL MODEL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EPICGRID MODEL; EUROPE; EXPORT COEFFICIENT MODEL; GREEN MODEL; HBV N MODEL; INCA MODEL; MITERRA MODEL; MONERIS MODEL; POLICY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER BASIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STICS MODEL; SWAT MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

EUROPE;

MITIGATION MEASURES; MODELS; NITROGEN; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; FERTILIZERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; TIME FACTORS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84889578019     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.066     Document Type: Review

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