Summary of trends in winter nitrate and phosphate concentration, and N/P ratio in the coastal waters of the North Atlantic (mostly Celtic Seas), the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean and the North Sea, 1985-2003

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Trend analyses are based on time series 1985-2003 from each monitoring station having at least 3 years data in the period 1995-2003 and at least 5 years data in all

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Aug 08, 2007 - Change in winter nitrate and phosphate concentrations in coastal and open waters of the north Atlantic (mostly Celtic Seas), Baltic, Mediterranean (Italian coastal waters only) and North Seas (% of stations, 1985-2004/2005)

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Additional information

Number of stations in brackets. Atlantic (incl. the Celtic Seas) data from: UK, Ireland and ICES. Baltic Sea (incl. the Belt Sea and the Kattegat) data from: Denmark, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and ICES. Mediterranean data from: Italy. North Sea (incl. the Channel and the Skagerrak) data from: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Norway Sweden, UK and ICES.

Publish date:: 01 Jan 2002
Last upload:: 21 Mar 2005
Tags:: CSI021 | CSI | North Sea | coast | assessment04 | Mediterranean | phosphate | water | Atlantic | State and Outlook 2005 - Part B | nitrate | Baltic | State and Outlook 2005
Geographical coverage:: Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
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Source:: Waterbase (data from OSPAR, HELCOM, ICES and EEA member countries compiled by ETC Water).
Owners:: European Environment Agency
Figure type:: Graph