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HERO ID
3114292
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Nitrogen pollution is linked to US listed species declines
Author(s)
Hernández, DL; Vallano, DM; Zavaleta, ES; Tzankova, Z; Pasari, JR; Weiss, S; Selmants, PC; Morozumi, C
Year
2016
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
BioScience
ISSN:
0006-3568
EISSN:
1525-3244
Volume
66
Issue
3
Page Numbers
213-222
Language
English
DOI
10.1093/biosci/biw003
Web of Science Id
WOS:000372045600008
URL
http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/lookup/doi/10.1093/biosci/biw003
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Abstract
Nitrogen (N) pollution is increasingly recognized as a threat to biodiversity. However, our understanding of how N is affecting vulnerable species across taxa and broad spatial scales is limited. We surveyed approximately 1400 species in the continental United States listed as candidate, threatened, or endangered under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) to assess the extent of recognized N-pollution effects on biodiversity in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. We found 78 federally listed species recognized as affected by N pollution. To illustrate the complexity of tracing N impacts on listed species, we describe an interdisciplinary case study that addressed the threat of N pollution to California Bay Area serpentine grasslands. We demonstrate that N pollution has affected threatened species via multiple pathways and argue that existing legal and policy regulations can be applied to address the biodiversity consequences of N pollution in conjunction with scientific evidence tracing N impact pathways.
Keywords
biodiversity; endangered species; eutrophication; nitrogen deposition
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