Establishing an anthropogenic nitrogen baseline using Native American shell middens

Establishing an anthropogenic nitrogen baseline using Native American shell middens

Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, has been heavily influenced by anthropogenic nutrients for more than 200 years. Recent efforts to improve water quality have cut sewage nitrogen (N) loads to this point source estuary by more than half. Given that the bay has been heavily fertilized for longer than mo...

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Main Authors: Autumn eOczkowski, Thomas eGumbley, Bobbi eCarter, Ruth eCarmichael, Austin eHumphries
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
Nitrogen
shell
stable isotope
Mercenaria mercenaria
Crassostrea virginica
midden
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2016.00079/full

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