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De Wit, Rutger; Leibreich, J; Vernier, F; Delmas, F; Beuffe, H; Maison, P; Chossat, J; Laplace Treyture, C; Laplana, R; Clave, V; Torre, M; Auby, Isabelle; Trut, Gilles; Maurer, Daniele; Capdeville, P. |
Nitrogen loading to the Bassin d'Arcachon coastal lagoon (SW France) was evaluated by studying land-use and nitrogen output in its 3001 km(2) catchment. At present, the catchment is dominated by forestry (79%), while intensive agriculture occupies 9% of the surface. The N-output of two hydrological subunits, i.e. the Tagon subunit dominated by pine forestry and the Arriou 11 subunit comprising both forestry and intensive agriculture, were monitored for a seven year period (1996-2002). From these observations it was calculated that forestry contributes on average 1.6 kg total N ha(-1) yr(-1), which is dominated by organic nitrogen (DON+PON are 70% of N). On an areal basis, intensive agriculture contributes 26 times more than forestry, i.e. 41.6 kg total N... |
Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Macroalgae; Seagrasses; Nitrogen loading; Catchment. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-757.pdf |
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