Efficient removal of anthropogenic nitrogen in coastal sediments downstream of the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin

Heather Donnelly1, Yanda Ou2, Jian-Jhih Chen3,4, Lauren T Toth5, Natalie Prinz3, Jennifer A. Flannery6, Julie N Richey6, Yuwei Wang3, Jessica Lueders-Dumont1, Xinping Hu7, Z. George Xue8 and Dr. Xingchen Tony Wang, PhD3, (1)Boston College, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States, (2)Louisiana State University, Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States, (3)Boston College, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chestnut Hill, United States, (4)National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology (NKUST), Department of Marine Environmental Engineering, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, (5)USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center St. Petersburg, St Petersburg, United States, (6)USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center St. Petersburg, St Petersburg, FL, United States, (7)University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute, Austin, United States, (8)Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States