Temporal trends in nitrogen concentrations and losses from agricultural catchments in the Nordic and Baltic countries

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 198, Issue , 2014, Pages 94-103

  Stålnacke, Per ^a   Aakerøy, Paul Andreas ^a   Blicher Mathiesen, Gitte ^b   Iital, Arvo ^c   Jansons, Viesturs ^d   Koskiaho, Jari ^e   Kyllmar, Katarina ^f   Lagzdins, Ainis ^d   Pengerud, Annelene ^a   Povilaitis, Arvydas ^g  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^d LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Latvia)

^e FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^g VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Agricultural streams; Baltic region; Concentrations; Losses; Monitoring; Nitrogen; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LAND USE; NITROGEN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES;

BALTIC REGION; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 85027957971     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2014.03.028     Document Type: Article

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