Buffer zones, ditch weirs and vegetation traps impede water flow and process nutrients. “Slow down the water and throw things in front of the flow—essentially trap the nutrients or hold them ...

Specifically, the currently recommended limits on the flow of nutrients into Lake Erie from agriculture may be too restrictive for some species of fish. They are, however, suited to maintain ...

our study reveals that nutrients upwelled by these eddies can also be transported around the islands, counter to the background flow,” said Kate Feloy, lead author of the study, Uehiro graduate ...