Diatoms to human uses: Linking nitrogen deposition, aquatic eutrophication, and ecosystem services

Ecosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2017, Pages

  Rhodes, Charles ^a   Bingham, Andrew ^b   Heard, Andrea M ^b   Hewitt, Julie ^a   Lynch, Jason ^a   Waite, Randall ^a   Bell, Michael D ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic eutrophication; Critical loads; Ecological endpoints; Ecological production function; Ecosystem services; Ecosystem Services; Final ecosystem goods; Nitrogen deposition; Services (FEGS); Special Feature: Air Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019865856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1858     Document Type: Article

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