Global Anthropogenic Phosphorus Loads to Freshwater and Associated Grey Water Footprints and Water Pollution Levels: A High-Resolution Global Study

Water Resources Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 345-358

  Mekonnen, Mesfin M ^a,b   Hoekstra, Arjen Y ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

diffuse pollution; grey water footprint; phosphorus cycle; phosphorus runoff; water pollution level

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; OIL SPILLS; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; RUNOFF; WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

CEREALS PRODUCTION; DIFFUSE POLLUTION; FRESHWATER SYSTEMS; GREY WATERS; LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN; PHOSPHORUS CYCLES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER POLLUTION LEVELS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; FRESHWATER; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; PHOSPHORUS; PHOSPHORUS CYCLE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER BASIN; RUNOFF; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WASTEWATER; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; BRAZIL; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHINA; EUROPE; INDIA; LATIN AMERICA; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85042165597     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2017WR020448     Document Type: Article

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