The Swedish monitoring of surface waters: 50 years of adaptive monitoring

Ambio

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 3-18

  Fölster, Jens ^a   Johnson, Richard K ^a   Futter, Martyn N ^a   Wilander, Anders ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acidification; Aquatic biology; Eutrophication; Freshwater; Time series; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL LAW; MARINE POLICY; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER PLANNING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; SWEDEN;

FRESH WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; EUROPEAN UNION; EUTROPHICATION; HISTORY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PH; SWEDEN;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; EUTROPHICATION; FRESH WATER; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 84919708108     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0558-z     Document Type: Article

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