A nitrogen budget for Denmark; Developments between 1990 and 2010, and prospects for the future

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Hutchings, N J ^a   Nielsen, O K ^a   Dalgaard, T ^a   Mikkelsen, M H ^a   Borgesen C D ^a   Thomsen, M ^a   Ellermann, T ^a   Hojberg A L ^b   Mogensen, L ^a   Winther, M ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

balance; budget; national; nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BALANCING; CULTIVATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA EMISSIONS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BUDGET; ECONOMIC SECTORS; ENERGY GENERATIONS; NATIONAL; NITROGEN BUDGETS; PROCESSING INDUSTRY;

BUDGET CONTROL;

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AMMONIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CROP PRODUCTION; EMISSION CONTROL; FUTURE PROSPECT; NITRATE; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT BUDGET;

DENMARK;

EID: 84908578089     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/9/11/115012     Document Type: Article

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