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Organic and inorganic nitrogen additions have similar effects on lake phytoplankton nutrient limitation

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  • Biological Field Station
  • Natural Resources and the Environment Section
  • Natural Resources
  • Fish
Experiments were conducted across the Northeastern US to evaluate the importance of nitrogen and phosphorus as limiting nutrients in a variety of lakes. Most lakes were co-limited by nitrogen and phosphorus. Oneida Lake was one of the few lakes with phosphorus as the primary limiting nutrient. Lakes with watersheds more dominated by agriculture and higher total dissolved nitrogen tended to show phosphorous-limited phytoplankton responses. A manuscript was accepted for Limnology and Oceanography in 2022.
 
Sabrina N. Volponi, Heather L. Wander, David C. Richardson, Clayton J. Williams, Denise A. Bruesewitz, Shelley Arnott, Jennifer A. Brentrup, Hailee L. Edwards, Holly A. Ewing, Kristen Holeck, Lauren Johnson, Brian S. Kim, Ana M. Morales-Williams, Nisha Nadkarni, Beth C. Norman, Lianne Parmalee, Amy Shultis, Adrienne Tracy, Nicole K. Ward, Kathleen C. Weathers, Courtney R. Wigdahl-Perry, Kiyoko Yokota
 

Cornell Biological Field Station conducts research in fisheries and aquatic ecology in New York State with a focus on Oneida Lake, the Great Lakes and other NYS inland lakes, and supports the educational, outreach and extension programs of the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment (DNRE), the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), and Cornell University.

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