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rebecca.killalea@canberra.edu.au on 01 Mar 2022
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Study
- Citation
- Jani, J., Yang, Y., Lusk, M. G., & Toor, G. S. (2020). Composition of nitrogen in urban residential stormwater runoff: Concentrations, loads, and source characterization of nitrate and organic nitrogen. PLOS ONE.
- Study description
- This study investigated the forms and sources of nitrogen in stormwater runoff.
Response
- Cause term/trajectory
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Hydrology - other
(Increase)
- Cause description
- Rainfall duration
- Effect term/trajectory
-
Water quality - nutrients (nitrogen)
(Increase)
- Effect description
- Increased particulate organic nitrogen
- Response measure type
- Mean difference
- Response measure value
- 0.55
- Statistical significance
- p<0.001
Design
- Source data
- Field
- Study type
- Observation
- Study design
- Temporal gradient
- Number of independent control or reference sampling units
- 1
- Sample size used in analysis
- 22
- Design description
- Study used 1 sample site at the end of a stormwater pipe connected to upstream residential catchment prior to stormwater pond. Samples were taken over 22 storm events between May and September 2016.
Context
- Climate
- Temperate
- Country
- United States
- Habitat
- Artificial
- Spatial extent
- Reach/section
- Temporal extent
- Months