Nitrogen and phosphorus concentration in coastal areas, 2015

Coastal eutrophication is the process of excess nutrients seeping into coastal environments, resulting in excessivegrowth of plants, algae and phytoplankton. It is mainly caused by human activities. The data is given as kilogramsper square kilometer of river basin area per day.

NitrogenNitrogen359,000340,000336,000173,000121,000105,000Yellow SeaBay of BengalSouth China SeaMediterranean SeaIndonesian SeaArabian SeaPhosphorusPhosphorus21,10018,4009,4808,2307,4603,440Yellow SeaBay of BengalSouth China SeaArabian SeaMediterranean SeaIndonesian Sea

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