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Nitrate flux in the Mississippi River

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  • Gregory F. McIsaac

    (University of Illinois)

  • Mark B. David

    (University of Illinois)

  • George Z. Gertner

    (University of Illinois)

  • Donald A. Goolsby

    (US Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center)

Abstract

Increased delivery of biologically available nitrogen to estuaries and coastal oceans in recent decades has been linked to eutrophication and seasonal hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico1,2 and elsewhere3,4. We have developed a model that accounts for 95% of annual variation in delivery of nitrate to the Gulf of Mexico by the Mississippi River in 1960–98. Retrospective analysis indicates that this nitrate flux could have been reduced by 33% if the use of nitrogen-containing fertilizer in the Mississippi River basin had been cut by 12%.

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  • Gregory F. McIsaac & Mark B. David & George Z. Gertner & Donald A. Goolsby, 2001. "Nitrate flux in the Mississippi River," Nature, Nature, vol. 414(6860), pages 166-167, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:414:y:2001:i:6860:d:10.1038_35102672
    DOI: 10.1038/35102672
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