Addressing The Global Eutrophication Crisis From the Ground Up: Quantifying Ecosystem Resilience to Nutrient Loading

Authors

Rebeccas Frei, Brigham Young University
Banjamin Abbott, Brigham Young University

Keywords

global eutrophication crisis, quantifying ecosystem resilience, nutrient loading

College

Life Sciences

Department

Plant and Wildlife Sciences

Abstract

I conducted a project assessing the components of aquatic ecosystems to characterize their resilience to ever-increasing nutrient pollution. Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have more than doubled nitrogen inputs, and quintupled phosphorus inputs. Some of these nutrients run off into streams and rivers, resulting in an overabundance of nutrients, a state called eutrophication. Major threats of eutrophication include toxic algal blooms and waterbody oxygen depletion, which kill aquatic life, harm local economies, threaten human health, and endanger water security.

Recommended Citation

Frei, Rebeccas and Abbott, Banjamin (2019) "Addressing The Global Eutrophication Crisis From the Ground Up: Quantifying Ecosystem Resilience to Nutrient Loading," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2019: Iss. 2019, Article 131.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2019/iss2019/131