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Nitrogen pollution from lowlands reaches distant mountain lakes

Nitrogen is required by all living things, but too much of it can be a problem for aquatic ecosystems. Excess reactive nitrogen (nitrate and ammonium, forms that can be used directly by plants and algae) can cause lake eutrophication which can include harmful algal blooms,... click to read more

Beth Hundey | Adjunct Research Professor & eLearning specialist at Teaching Support Centre, Western University, London, Canada

Katrina Moser | Associate Professor at Department of Geography at Western University, London, Canada

Fred Longstaffe | Distinguished Professor at Department of Earth Science, Western University, London, Canada

environment

pollution

nitrogen

mountain lakes

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published on Sep 21, 2016