Rapid nutrient load reduction during infiltration of managed aquifer recharge in an agricultural groundwater basin: Pajaro Valley, California
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C. M. Schmidt,* A. T. Fisher, A. Racz, C. G. Wheat, M. Los Huertos and B. Lockwood 1 Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA 2 Global Undersea Research Unit, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA 3 Science and Environmental Policy Department, California State University, Monterey Bay, CA, USA 4 Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency, Watsonville, CA, USA
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