Is the atmosphere really an important source of reactive nitrogen to coastal waters?

• Published in: Continental Shelf Research
• Main Authors: Spokes, Lucinda J., Jickells, Tim D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Kattegat; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/32248/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2005.07.004

Increasing inputs of reactive nitrogen have led to excessive phytoplankton growth in some coastal waters. Until recently, rivers were thought to be the most important nitrogen source but we now know that atmospheric inputs are large and can equal, or exceed, those from the rivers. These atmospheric...