Reduction of Baltic Sea nutrient inputs and allocation of abatement costs within the Baltic Sea catchment

Ambio

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-25

  Wulff, Fredrik ^a   Humborg, Christoph ^a   Andersen, Hans Estrup ^b   Blicher Mathiesen, Gitte ^a   Czajkowski, Mikołaj ^c   Elofsson, Katarina ^d   Fonnesbech Wulff, Anders ^b   Hasler, Berit ^b   Hong, Bongghi ^e   Jansons, Viesturs ^f   Mörth, Carl Magnus ^a   Smart, James C R ^g   Smedberg, Erik ^a   Stålnacke, Per ^h   Swaney, Dennis P ^e   Thodsen, Hans ^b   Was, Adam ⁱ   Zylicz, Tomasz ^j  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e Department of Economics Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ^*  (United States)

^f LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Latvia)

^g GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

ⁱ WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

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Author keywords

Cost minimization; Management; Nitrogen; Nutrient reduction; Phosphorus; Retention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALTIC STATES; COST; EUTROPHICATION; SEA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BALTIC STATES; COST ALLOCATION; EUTROPHICATION; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 84898438078     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-013-0484-5     Document Type: Article

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