Use of flow cytometry and stable isotope analysis to determine phytoplankton uptake of wastewater derived ammonium in a nutrient-rich river

Schmidt, Calla M.; Kraus, Tamara E. C.; Young, Megan B.; Kendall, Carol

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-353-2018

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-353-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-353-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

Research article

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17 Jan 2018

Research article |

| 17 Jan 2018

Use of flow cytometry and stable isotope analysis to determine phytoplankton uptake of wastewater derived ammonium in a nutrient-rich river

Calla M. Schmidt, Tamara E. C. Kraus, Megan B. Young, and Carol Kendall

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of bg-2017-174', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Aug 2017
RC2: 'Review of Schmidt et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Aug 2017
AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', Calla Schmidt, 14 Sep 2017
AC2: 'Response to Referee #2', Calla Schmidt, 14 Sep 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (15 Sep 2017) by Steven Bouillon

AR by Calla Schmidt on behalf of the Authors (29 Sep 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (06 Oct 2017) by Steven Bouillon

Short summary

In this study we measured phytoplankton use of nitrogen from wastewater treatment plant effluent in a river. The project was designed to test a new technique for isolating phytoplankton from river water prior to isotopic analysis in order to use trace nitrogen source use under environmental conditions. This study helps us understand the fate of anthropogenic nitrogen in aquatic ecosystems, which is essential to establishing effective nutrient management plans.