Tracing nutrient pollution from industrialized animal production in a large coastal watershed
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DOI: 10.1007/s10661-020-08433-9
Abstract: One of the highest concentrations of swine and poultry concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) in North America is located on the Coastal Plain of North Carolina, in which the Cape Fear River basin is located.… read more here.
Keywords: tracing nutrient; pollution industrialized; fear river; cape fear ... See more keywords
Major determinants of the occurrence of a globally invasive parasite in riverine fish over large-scale environmental gradients.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2019.03.002
Abstract: The increased rate of outbreaks of infectious diseases in ecosystems is a dramatic consequence of global change, particularly when outbreaks affect important resources such as freshwater fish. However, the links between disease-inducing epizootics and widespread… read more here.
Keywords: occurrence; water conductivity; invasive parasite; nutrient pollution ... See more keywords
Limited progress in nutrient pollution in the U.S. caused by spatially persistent nutrient sources
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258952
Abstract: Human agriculture, wastewater, and use of fossil fuels have saturated ecosystems with nitrogen and phosphorus, threatening biodiversity and human water security at a global scale. Despite efforts to reduce nutrient pollution, carbon and nutrient concentrations… read more here.
Keywords: nutrient; nutrient concentrations; nutrient sources; nutrient pollution ... See more keywords