Disconnectivity matters: the outsized role of small ephemeral wetlands in landscape-scale nutrient retention

Wetlands protect downstream waters by filtering excess nitrogen (N) generated from agricultural and urban activities. Many small ephemeral wetlands, also known as geographically isolated wetlands (GIWs), are hotspots of N retention but have received fewer legal protections due to their apparent isol...

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Published in:	Environmental Research Letters
Main Authors:	Frederick Y Cheng, Junehyeong Park, Mukesh Kumar, Nandita B Basu
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Subjects:	geographically isolated wetlands remote sensing wetlandscape dynamics nitrogen retention eutrophication
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acab17