Alarming nutrient pollution of Chinese rivers as a result of agricultural transitions

Alarming nutrient pollution of Chinese rivers as a result of agricultural transitions

Transitions in Chinese agriculture resulted in industrial animal production systems, disconnected from crop production. We analyzed side-effects of these transitions on total dissolved nitrogen (TDN) and phosphorus (TDP) inputs to rivers. In 2000, when transitions were ongoing, 30%–70% of the manure...

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Main Authors: Maryna Strokal, Lin Ma, Zhaohai Bai, Shengji Luan, Carolien Kroeze, Oene Oenema, Gerard Velthof, Fusuo Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
nutrient pollution
rivers
agricultural transitions
China
integrated modeling
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/2/024014

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