Agriculture and eutrophication: Where do we go from here?

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5853-5875

  Withers, Paul J A ^a   Neal, Colin ^b   Jarvie, Helen P ^b   Doody, Donnacha G ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Algal blooms; Eutrophication; Mitigation; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Society; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOAVAILABILITY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBAL CHANGE; MITIGATION; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SURFACE WATER; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84906878300     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6095853     Document Type: Review

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