Modelling nutrient fluxes into the Mediterranean Sea.

ABSTRACT:

Study region

Mediterranean River Basins.

Study focus

Human activities and consequent pollution have put the freshwater and marine ecosystems of the Mediterranean region under pressure, with high risk of eutrophication phenomena. In this study, an extended version of the Geospatial Regression Equation for European Nutrient losses model (GREEN), originally developed for estimating nutrient loads from diffuse and point sources in Europe, was extended to include additional nutrient sources using a grid cell discretization. The spatial resolution is 5 arc minute and the model inputs consist of the latest and best available global data.

New hydrological insights for the region

The results of this study show that during 2003-2007 (baseline), 1.87 Tg/y of total nitrogen (TN),

SUBMITTER: Malago A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6472532 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature