Increasing dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus export by the Pearl River (Zhujiang): a modeling approach at the sub-basin scale to assess effective nutrient management

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 221-242

  Strokal, Maryna ^a   Kroeze, Carolien ^a,b   Li, Lili ^c   Luan, Shengji ^c   Wang, Huanzhi ^c   Yang, Shunshun ^c   Zhang, Yisheng ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Sub basin scale modeling; The Pearl River

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BASIN ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATER; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GLOBALIZATION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEWAGE; STREAMWATER;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG BASIN;

EID: 84941880521     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-015-0124-1     Document Type: Article

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