Nature Communications (Feb 2016)

Agriculture causes nitrate fertilization of remote alpine lakes

  • E. J. Hundey,
  • S. D. Russell,
  • F. J. Longstaffe,
  • K. A. Moser

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10571
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The long-range atmospheric transport and deposition of reactive nitrogen may be affected by human activities. Here, the authors use isotope data to constrain sources of reactive nitrogen to high elevation lakes in the Uinta Mountains, finding that the majority originates from distant agricultural activities.