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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-6211-2016
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Research article
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18 Nov 2016
Research article |
| 18 Nov 2016
Sources and transformations of anthropogenic nitrogen along an urban river–estuarine continuum
Michael J. Pennino
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geology and Earth Systems Science Interdisciplinary
Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
now at: US EPA, Office of Research and Development, National Health
and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Corvallis, OR, USA
Sujay S. Kaushal
Department of Geology and Earth Systems Science Interdisciplinary
Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Sudhir N. Murthy
DC Water, Office of the General Manager, Washington, D.C., USA
Joel D. Blomquist
US Geological Survey, Maryland, Delaware, and District of Columbia Water Science Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
Jeff C. Cornwell
Center for Environmental Science, University of Maryland Horn Point
Laboratory, Cambridge, MD, USA
Lora A. Harris
Center for Environmental Science, University of Maryland Chesapeake
Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD, USA
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The results of this paper report the analysis of the fate and transport of wastewater and anthropogenic nitrogen along the Potomac River estuary, from Washington D.C. to the Chesapeake Bay. In conjunction with a mass balance approach, nitrate isotopes were used to estimate fluxes and trace the sources and transformations of N along the estuary. This study shows that estuaries have a large capacity to transform N inputs, but with large seasonal variability due to hydrological extremes.
The results of this paper report the analysis of the fate and transport of wastewater and...
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