Nitrogen-induced terrestrial eutrophication: cascading effects and impacts on ecosystem services.

ABSTRACT: Human activity has significantly increased the deposition of nitrogen (N) on terrestrial ecosystems over pre-industrial levels leading to a multitude of effects including losses of biodiversity, changes in ecosystem functioning, and impacts on human well-being. It is challenging to explicitly link the level of deposition on an ecosystem to the cascade of ecological effects triggered and ecosystem services affected, because of the multitude of possible pathways in the N cascade. To address this challenge, we report on the activities of an expert workshop to synthesize information on N-induced terrestrial eutrophication from the published literature and to link critical load exceedances with human beneficiaries by using the STressor-Ecological Production function-final ecosystem Services Fra

SUBMITTER: Clark CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11636942 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature