Increasing eutrophication in the coastal seas of China from 1970 to 2050

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 123-140

  Strokal, Maryna ^a   Yang, He ^a   Zhang, Yinchen ^a   Kroeze, Carolien ^a,b   Li, Lili ^c   Luan, Shengji ^c   Wang, Huanzhi ^c   Yang, Shunshun ^c   Zhang, Yisheng ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Eutrophication; N:P:Si ratio modeling; Riverine inputs of N, P and Si; Seas

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; DISSOLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SILICA; SILICON;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CHINA; HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS; PRIMARY SOURCES; RATIO MODELS; RIVERINE INPUT; SEAS; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EUTROPHICATION;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON DIOXIDE; POLLUTANT; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALGAL BLOOM; COASTAL ZONE; EUTROPHICATION; MARINE POLLUTION; NITROGEN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SILICA;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALGAL BLOOM; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EUTROPHICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TREND STUDY; URBANIZATION; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHY; POLLUTANT; RIVER; SEA; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BOHAI SEA; CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

ALGAE;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUTROPHICATION; GEOGRAPHY; NITROGEN; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84905730479     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2014.06.011     Document Type: Article

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