Source identification of riverine nitrate
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River biogeochemistry and source identification of nitrate by means of isotopic tracers in the Baltic Sea catchments M. Voss, B. Deutsch, R. Elmgren, C. Humborg, P. Kuuppo, M. Pastuszak, C. Rolff, and U. Schulte Baltic Sea Research Institute, Seestr. 15, 18119 Rostock, Germany Stockholm University, Department of System Ecology, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm University, Department of Applied Environmental Science, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden Finnish Environment Institute, P.O. Box 140, 00251 Helsinki, Finnland Sea Fisheries Institute, Kollataja 1, 81–332 Gdynia, Poland Ruhr Universität Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany Received: 2 March 2006 – Accepted: 11 March 2006 – Published: 12 June 2006 Correspondence to: M. Voss ([email protected])
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