Space and time variations of watershed N and P budgets and their relationships with reactive N and P loadings in a heavily impacted river basin (Po river, Northern Italy)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 639, Issue , 2018, Pages 1574-1587

  Viaroli, Pierluigi ^a,b   Soana, Elisa ^c   Pecora, Silvano ^d   Laini, Alex ^a   Naldi, Mariachiara ^a,b   Fano, Elisa Anna ^b,c   Nizzoli, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b CoNISMa ^*  (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d ARPA Emilia Romagna Hydro Meteo Climate Service Hydrology Area (ARPA SIMC)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dissolved inorganic nitrogen; N surplus; NANI; NAPI; P surplus; Soluble reactive phosphorus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLLUTION; BUDGET CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUTROPHICATION; LAND USE; MOLAR RATIO; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANTHROPOGENICS; DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGENS; N SURPLUS; NAPI; NET ANTHROPOGENIC N; P SURPLUS; PO RIVER; RIVER BASINS; SOLUBLE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; SPACE VARIATION;

WATERSHEDS;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

DISSOLVED INORGANIC NITROGEN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CROPLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROGRAPHY; ITALY; LAND USE; NUTRIENT LOADING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SEA; TIME; WATERSHED; ADRIATIC SEA; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AUTOTROPHY; BUDGET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HETEROTROPHY; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; SPECIALIZATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PO RIVER;

EID: 85047617199     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.233     Document Type: Article

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