Nitrate pollution of ground and surface water bodies all over the world is generally linked
with continually increasing global fertilizer nitrogen (N) use. But after 1990, with more …

Coastal eutrophication caused by anthropogenic nutrient inputs is one of the greatest threats
to the health of coastal estuarine and marine ecosystems worldwide. Globally,∼ 24% of the …

Eutrophication is a complex process and often associated with not only a change in overall
algal biomass but also with a change in biodiversity. Common metrics of eutrophication (eg …

Abstract Sulphate (SO 4 2-) concentrations in freshwaters have increased globally over the
last decades even though a strong reduction in atmospheric sulphur (S) deposition has …

Managing excess nutrients remains a major obstacle to improving ecosystem service
benefits of urban waters. To inform more ecologically based landscape nutrient …

Background Knowledge of biological and climatic controls in terrestrial nitrogen (N) cycling
within and across ecosystems is central to understanding global patterns of key ecosystem …

Aquatic environments experiencing low-oxygen conditions have been described as hypoxic,
suboxic, or anoxic zones; oxygen minimum zones; and, in the popular media, the misnomer …

The pelagic brown macroalgae Sargassum spp. have grown for centuries in oligotrophic
waters of the North Atlantic Ocean supported by natural nutrient sources, such as excretions …

Increasing diffuse nitrate loading of surface waters and groundwater has emerged as a
major problem in many agricultural areas of the world, resulting in contamination of drinking …

Algae, the dominant primary producers in many aquatic ecosystems, are critical to global
biogeochemical cycling, and changes in their abundance and composition can cascade …