Changing nutrients, changing rivers

• Published in: Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 365; no. 6454; pp. 637 - 638
• Main Authors: Ibáñez, Carles, Peñuelas, Josep
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Association for the Advancement of Science 16.08.2019; The American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Subjects: Aquatic plants; Developed countries; Developed Nations; Ecological conditions; Ecological effects; Ecological monitoring; Environmental changes; Estuaries; Estuarine environments; Eutrophication; Lakes; Macrophytes; Nitrogen; Nutrients; PERSPECTIVES; Phosphorus; Phytoplankton; Rivers; Water quality

Phosphorus removal from freshwater systems has wide-ranging ecological consequences Eutrophication—the excessive enrichment of a body of water with nutrients such as nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P)—is Earth's most widespread problem for water quality ( 1 , 2 ). Growing evidence suggests a globa...