Collecting water samples from the Salt River

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Nov 28, 2002

A Central Arizona - Phoenix LTER (CAP) graduate research assistant collects water samples from the Salt River in metropolitan Phoenix. CAP investigators have found that nitrogen loads in urban waterways can be as much as 10 times the loads in natural systems.

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Urban LTER Sites Gear up for Renewal Process

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Collecting water samples from the Salt River

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