Nitrogen and the Baltic Sea: Managing Nitrogen in Relation to Phosphorus
The Baltic is a large, brackish sea (4 x 105 km2) extending from 54ÅN to ~66ÅN, with a fourfold larger drainage area (population 8 x 107). Surface salinity (2 to 8 PSU) and hence biodiversity is low. In the last century, annual nutrient loads increased to 106 metric tons N and 5 x104 ton P. Eutrophi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2001-01-01
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| Series: | The Scientific World Journal |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2001.291 |