Limited nitrate retention capacity in the Upper Mississippi River

The Mississippi River and other large rivers have the potential to regulate nitrogen export from terrestrial landscapes, and thus mitigate eutrophication in downstream aquatic ecosystems. In large rivers, human-constructed impoundments and connected backwaters may facilitate nitrogen removal; howeve...

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Main Authors: Luke C Loken, John T Crawford, Mark M Dornblaser, Robert G Striegl, Jeffrey N Houser, Peter A Turner, Emily H Stanley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aacd51