Source apportionment of annual nitrogen and phosphorus load for the Baltic Sea catchment, the Danube river catchment and the North Sea catchment.

Topics: Water ,

Baltic Sea catchment (1.6 million km2), the Danube river catchment (0.8 million km2) and the North Sea catchment (0.5 million km2) (no separate information on background losses for the North Sea).

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Geographical coverage note: Baltic Sea catchment, Danube river catchment and the North Sea catchment

Publish date:: 01 Jan 2002
Last upload:: 12 Dec 2005
Tags:: catchment | nitrogen
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Source:: Helcom (2004). The fourth Baltic Sea pollution load compilation (PLC-4). Baltic Sea Environmental Proceedings, No 93. Available at : http://www.helcom.fi/stc/files/Publications/Proceedings/bsep93.pdf Schreiber et al. (2003). Harmonised inventory of point and diffuse emissions of N and P for the Danube river basin. Delivery 5.5 of the Danubs project. http://128.130.103.159/D5.5 web version.pdf OSPAR (2003). Nutrients in the convention area. Inputs of nutrients into the convention area: Implementation of PARCOM Recommendations 88-2 and 89-4. Report in the Eutrophication and Nutrients series. OSPAR report No 191. Available at : http://www.ospar.org/v_publications/browse.asp?v3=54&lang=0
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