Title The California nitrogen assessment : challenges and solutions for people, agriculture, and the environment / edited by Thomas P. Tomich, Sonja B. Brodt, Randy A. Dahlgren, Kate M. Scow

Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource Series Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment. Contents Introducing the California nitrogen assessment -- Underlying drivers of nitrogen flows in California -- Direct drivers of California's nitrogen cycle -- A California nitrogen mass balance for 2005 -- Ecosystem services and human well-being -- Scenarios for the future of nitrogen management in California agriculture -- Responses: Policies and institutions Summary "Nitrogen is indispensable to all life on Earth. However, humans now dominate the nitrogen cycle and nitrogen emissions resulting from human activity involve real costs: water and air pollution, climate change, and detrimental effects for human health, biodiversity, and natural habitat. Too little nitrogen limits ecosystem processes, while too much nitrogen transforms ecosystems profoundly. The California Nitrogen Assessment is the first comprehensive accounting of nitrogen flows, practices, and policies for California; encompassing all nitrogen flows--not just those associated with agriculture--and their impacts on ecosystem services and human wellbeing. How California handles issues of nitrogen will be of interest nationally and internationally, and the goal of the assessment is to more effectively link science with action and to produce information that informs both future policy and solutions to nitrogen pollution. This book also provides a model for application of integrated ecosystem assessment methods at regional and state (sub-national) levels."--Provided by publisher Analysis agriscience air pollution air quality biodiversity conservation biodiversity california agriculture californias nitrogen cycle climate change climate science ecology environmental science integrated ecosystem assessment life sciences nitrogen and climate change nitrogen cycle nitrogen emissions nitrogen fertilizers nitrogen flows nitrogen pollution california scientists use of nitrogen water pollution california Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes "Collaborating Institutions: Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis, UC ANR Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program, UC ANR Kearney Foundation of Soil Science, UC ANR Agricultural Issues Center, UC ANR California Institute for Water Resources, Water Science and Policy Center at UC Riverside." Print version record Subject Nitrogen -- Environmental aspects -- California Nitrogen cycle -- Environmental aspects -- California Nitrogen fertilizers -- Government policy -- California Biodiversity conservation -- California TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General. SCIENCE -- General. Biodiversity conservation Nitrogen cycle -- Environmental aspects Nitrogen -- Environmental aspects Nitrogen fertilizers -- Government policy California Form Electronic book Author Tomich, Thomas P. (Thomas Patrick), 1956- editor. ISBN 9780520962231 0520962230

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