Spatial distribution and uncertainties of nitrogen budgets for agriculture in the Tagus river basin in Portugal – Implications for effectiveness of mitigation measures | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
Maio 2019
Resource Language: 
ISBN / Resource ID: 
lupj:S0264837718313401
Pages: 
17

The present study describes a methodology to quantify the gross soil nitrogen balance (SNB) for agricultural land use in the Tagus Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (TVZ) between 1989 and 2016, including effects of implementation of the EC Nitrates Directive (ND, 91/676/EEC) since 2004. The study uses decadal information from National Agricultural Census at parish level and is supported by a Geographical Information System (GIS). The average SNB of the TVZ decreased significantly (p 

Autores e editores

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Cameira, M.R.
Rolim, João
Valente, Fernanda
Faro, Afonso
Dragosits, Ulrike
Cordovil, Cláudia M.d.S.

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Land Use Policy is an international and interdisciplinary journal concerned with the social, economic, political, legal, physical and planning aspects of urban and rural land use. It provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and information from the diverse range of disciplines and interest groups which must be combined to formulate effective land use policies.

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