Sources and transformations of anthropogenic nitrogen along an urban river-estuarine continuum

Biogeosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 6211-6228

  Pennino, Michael J ^a   Kaushal, Sujay S ^a   Murthy, Sudhir N ^b   Blomquist, Joel D ^c   Cornwell, Jeff C ^d   Harris, Lora A ^d,e  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b DC WATER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^e U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

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EID: 84996606711     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-6211-2016     Document Type: Article

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