Phosphorus Mitigation to Control River Eutrophication: Murky Waters, Inconvenient Truths, and “Postnormal” Science

Journal of Environmental Quality - Tập 42 Số 2 - Trang 295-304 - 2013
Helen P. Jarvie1,2, Andrew N. Sharpley2, P. J. A. Withers3, J. Thad Scott2, Brian E. Haggard2, Colin Neal1
1Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, OX10 8BB, UK
2Dep. of Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences, Division of Agriculture, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 72701
3School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, Deiniol Rd., Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW UK

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