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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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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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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Last upload:: 21 Mar 2005
Tags:: csi , north sea , mediterranean , water , coastal ecosystems , nitrates , phosphates , baltic region , atlantic ocean
Geographic coverage:: Belgium , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Iceland , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Spain , Sweden , United Kingdom
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Figure type:: Graph

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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.

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