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Letter to the Editor: Comments on “Springs drive downstream nitrate export from artificially-drained agricultural headwater catchments” by Goeller et al., 2019
Citation:
Liu, W., Y. Yuan, AND B. Maxwell. Letter to the Editor: Comments on “Springs drive downstream nitrate export from artificially-drained agricultural headwater catchments” by Goeller et al., 2019. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT. Elsevier BV, AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, 783:146722, (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146722
Impact/Purpose:
Water bodies and coastal areas around the world are threatened by excessive amounts of nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) from upstream watersheds, which can cause rapid proliferation of algae. These algal blooms negatively impact drinking water sources, aquatic species, and recreational services of water bodies by producing toxins, also called harmful algal blooms (HABs). However, quantification of nutrient loads is difficult because: (1) there is no direct means of continuously record nutrient concentration; (2) available human resources and funds alway limit sampling. For those reasons, sampling strategy and nutrient concentration interpretation are essential to quantify nutrient load, which is needed for implementing effective mitigation measures.
Description:
This is a letter to editor regarding a paper "Spring drive downstream nitrate export from artificially-drained agricultural headwater catchments". The authors believe that the monitoring method and subsequently interpreted data from that monitoring presented in the paper needs to be scrutinized in the scientific community to ensure more accurate nutrient loads estimation.
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DOI: Letter to the Editor: Comments on “Springs drive downstream nitrate export from artificially-drained agricultural headwater catchments” by Goeller et al., 2019
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33875232/