Modelling nitrogen and phosphorus export by the Pearl River in China 1970-2050

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 182, Issue , 2014, Pages 309-320

  Strokal, M ^a   Kroeze, C ^a,b   Li, L ^c   Luan, S ^c   Wang, H ^c   Yang, S ^c   Zhang, Y ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; N and P export; Nutrient modelling; The Pearl River

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; RIVER WATER; WATER QUALITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG;

EID: 84903310562     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/WP140271     Document Type: Article

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