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Nutrient balances, river loads, and a counterfactual analysis to determine drivers of Mississippi River nitrogen and phosphorus loads from 1975 to 2017

Published by U.S. Geological Survey | Department of the Interior | Metadata Last Checked: January 27, 2026 | Last Modified: 2024-02-22T00:00:00Z
This dataset consists of input and output datasets for estimating nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) balances for the Mississippi River Basin from 1950 to 2017. The N balance was calculated as the difference between inputs (fertilizer, manure, wastewater treatment facility effluent, N fixation, and atmospheric deposition) and outputs (crop uptake and removal in harvest and gaseous emissions to the atmosphere). The P balance was calculated as the difference between inputs (fertilizer, manure, wastewater treatment facility effluent, and weathering) minus outputs (specifically, P harvested and removed in crops, hay, and pasture).

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