Intensive agriculture, nitrogen legacies, and water quality: intersections and implications

More than a century of land-use changes and intensive agriculture across the Mississippi River Basin (MRB) has led to a degradation of soil and water resources. Nitrogen (N) leaching from the excess application of fertilizers has been implicated in algal blooms and the development of large, coastal...

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Main Authors: Idhayachandhiran Ilampooranan, Kimberly J Van Meter, Nandita B Basu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac55b5