Nitrate source identification in the Baltic Sea using its isotopic ratios in combination with a Bayesian isotope mixing model

Biogeosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 4913-4924

  Korth, F ^a,c   Deutsch, B ^b   Frey, C ^a   Moros, C ^a   Voss, M ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD PRODUCTION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MIXING; NITRATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; RUNOFF;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF BOTHNIA;

EID: 84907088585     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-11-4913-2014     Document Type: Article

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