Aquatic Biosystems

Table 4 Mean application and loss rates for inorganic and organic nitrogen and phosphorus in the catchment of the Fleet Lagoon, for selected intervals, 1866–2002.

From: Hindcasting of nutrient loadings from its catchment on a highly valuable coastal lagoon: the example of the Fleet, Dorset, UK, 1866–2004

		Nitrogen			Phosphorus
		Interval	(t yr-1)	% increase	Interval	(t yr-1)	% increase
Inorganic	Applied	1901–1936	39.92	641	1866–1936	6.37	439
		1981–2002	256.17		1941–2002	27.99
	Lost	1901–1936	5.01	442	1866–1936	0.15	387
		1981–2002	22.16		1941–2002	0.58
Organic	Applied	1866–1966	125.1	213	1866–1936	17.85	190
		1981–2002	266.94		1941–2002	33.39
	Lost	1886–1956	20.5		1866–1966	0.50
		1981–2002	43.17		1941–2002	0.95

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