Nitrogen management challenges in major watersheds of South America

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Bustamante, Mercedes M C ^a   Martinelli, Luiz Antonio ^b   Pérez, Tibisay ^c   Rasse, Rafael ^c   Ometto, Jean Pierre H B ^d   Siqueira Pacheco, Felipe ^d   Machado Lins, Silvia Rafaela ^b   Marquina, Sorena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

agriculture; nutrient management; wastewater

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COASTAL ZONES; LAND USE; NITROGEN; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SOIL CONSERVATION; WASTEWATER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; DISSOLVED NITROGEN; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BASIN MANAGEMENT; COASTAL WATER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NITROGEN CYCLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBANIZATION; WASTEWATER;

AMAZON BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; LA PLATA BASIN; ORINOCO BASIN;

EID: 84937509347     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/6/065007     Document Type: Article

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