Reprint of "Mitigating diffuse nitrogen losses in the Nordic-Baltic countries"

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 198, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-134

  Andersen, Hans Estrup ^a   Blicher Mathiesen, Gitte ^a   Bechmann, Marianne ^b   Povilaitis, Arvydas ^c   Iital, Arvo ^d   Lagzdins, Ainis ^e   Kyllmar, Katarina ^f  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^d TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^e LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Latvia)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic region; Mitigation measures; Monitoring; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; DIFFUSION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE POLICY; NATIONAL PLANNING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LOSS; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY; WATER QUALITY;

SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 85027951900     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.05.023     Document Type: Article

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