Modelling the influence of changing climate in present and future marine eutrophication impacts from spring barley production

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 140, Issue , 2017, Pages 537-546

  Cosme, Nuno ^a   Niero, Monia ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate change; Damage modelling; LCIA; Life Cycle Assessment; Marine ecosystems; Normalisation

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CHARACTERIZATION; CROPS; DAMAGE DETECTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; EUTROPHICATION; LIFE CYCLE; NITRATES;

DAMAGE MODELLING; ECOLOGICAL CARRYING CAPACITY; LCIA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NORMALISATION; SPATIAL DIFFERENTIATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84994043347     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.077     Document Type: Article

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