Reference conditions for rivers of the German Baltic Sea catchment: Reconstructing nutrient regimes using the model MONERIS

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1123-1138

  Hirt, Ulrike ^a,d   Mahnkopf, Judith ^a   Gadegast, Mathias ^a   Czudowski, Lukas ^a   Mischke, Ute ^a   Heidecke, Claudia ^b   Schernewski, Gerald ^c,e   Venohr, Markus ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^b THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Projektträger Jülich   (Germany)

^e KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea catchments; MONERIS; Nitrogen; Nutrient emission; Phosphorus; Reference condition; Water framework directive

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900843151     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-013-0559-7     Document Type: Article

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