Trends in winter nitrate and phosphate concentrations, and N/P ratio in coastal waters of the North Atlantic, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.

Trend analyses are based on time series 1985-2002 from each monitoring station having at least 3 years data in the period 1995-2002 and at least 5 years data in all

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Number of stations in brackets. Atlantic (incl. the Channel and the Celtic Seas) data from: UK and ICES open-water stations. Baltic Sea (incl. the Kattegat) data from: Denmark, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and ICES open-water stations. Mediterranean data from: Italy. North Sea (incl. the Skagerrak) data from: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, UK and ICES open-water stations.

Trends in winter nitrate and phosphate concentrations, and N/P ratio in coastal waters of the North Atlantic, the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the Mediterranean.

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