Long-term accumulation and transport of anthropogenic phosphorus in three river basins

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 353-356

  Powers, Stephen M ^a   Bruulsema, Thomas W ^b   Burt, Tim P ^c   Chan, Neng Iong ^d   Elser, James J ^d   Haygarth, Philip M ^e   Howden, Nicholas J K ^f   Jarvie, Helen P ^g   Lyu, Yang ^h   Peterson, Heidi M ⁱ   Sharpley, Andrew N ^j   Shen, Jianbo ^h   Worrall, Fred ^c   Zhang, Fusuo ^h  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL PLANT NUTRITION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^g CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^h CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

ⁱ MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EUTROPHICATION; FLUX MEASUREMENT; FOOD PRODUCTION; GEOACCUMULATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MOBILIZATION; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER BASIN; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TRANSPORT PROCESS; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; ENGLAND; MAUMEE BASIN; THAMES BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 84971324874     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2693     Document Type: Article

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