What goes up must come down: Integrating air and water quality monitoring for nutrients
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Abstract
Excess nitrogen and phosphorus (“nutrients”) loadings continue to affect ecosystem function and human health across the U.S. Our ability to connect atmospheric inputs of nutrients to aquatic end points remains limited due to uncoupled air and water quality monitoring. Where connections exist, the information provides insights about source apportionment, trends, risk to sensitive ecosystems, and efficacy of pollution reduction efforts. We examine several issues driving the need for better integrated monitoring, including: coastal eutrophication, urban hotspots of deposition, a shift from oxidized to reduced nitrogen deposition, and the disappearance of pristine lakes. Successful coordination requires consistent data reporting; collocating deposition and water quality monitoring; improving phosphorus deposition measurements; and filling coverage gaps in urban corridors, agricultural areas, undeveloped watersheds, and coastal zones.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | What goes up must come down: Integrating air and water quality monitoring for nutrients |
| Series title | Environmental Science and Technology |
| DOI | 10.1021/acs.est.8b03504 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 20 |
| Year Published | 2018 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Chemical Society |
| Contributing office(s) | WMA - Observing Systems Division |
| Description | 8 p. |
| First page | 11441 |
| Last page | 11448 |
| Country | United States |
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