Fertilizer Leakage to the Marine Environment, Ecosystem Effects and Population Trends of Waterbirds in Denmark

Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 30-44

  Møller, Anders Pape ^a   Flensted Jensen, Einar ^b   Laursen, Karsten ^c   Mardal, Willy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b Aarhus University ^*  (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

breeding seasons; dead zones; fertilizer; leakage; nitrogen; phosphorus; trophic cascade; waterbirds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924202933     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-014-9810-4     Document Type: Article

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