Managing nitrogen to restore water quality in China

Nature

Volumn 567, Issue 7749, 2019, Pages 516-520

  Yu, ChaoQing ^a   Huang, Xiao ^a,b   Chen, Han ^a   Godfray, H Charles J ^c,d   Wright, Jonathon S ^a   Hall, Jim W ^c   Gong, Peng ^a   Ni, ShaoQiang ^a   Qiao, ShengChao ^a   Huang, GuoRui ^a   Xiao, YuChen ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Feng, Zhao ^a   Ju, XiaoTang ^e   Ciais, Philippe ^f   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a,g   Hessen, Dag O ^g   Sun, ZhanLi ^h   Yu, Le ^a   Cai, WenJia ^a   Fu, HaoHuan ^a   Huang, XiaoMeng ^a   Zhang, Chi ⁱ   Liu, HongBin ^j   Taylor, James ^k   more..

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^h LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

ⁱ ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^j INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^k NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; SURFACE WATER; FERTILIZER;

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CROPLAND; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENERGY COST; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; REDUCTION (CHEMISTRY); SIMULATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; CATERING SERVICE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; NITROGEN CYCLE; PROCEDURES; WATER POLLUTANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN CYCLE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 85063325054     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1001-1     Document Type: Article

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