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Pathway from leaf litter to stormwater nutrient loads and management

This reasoning sequence links the role of leaf litter in contributing to winter nutrient export in urban watersheds to the potential for reducing these loads by leaf removal as a management practice.

Confidence
80%
◑partialactivecomplexity: mid

Reasoning Steps (2)

Leaf litter as a key winter nutrient sourceStep 1
Leaf removal controls nutrient export to stormwaterStep 2

Source

Synthesis for current paper

Connections (2)

Leaf litter contributes to nutrient export in winterAssociation
Leaf removal reduces urban stormwater nutrientsAssociation