The University of Nebraska received a $492,056 Project Grant award from the US Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes federal grant program (CFDA 15.805). The award will fund a research project titled "Nitrate Loading and Legacy Effects on Nitrogen and Carbon Cycling in Playa Wetlands of the High Plains" from February 7, 2023 through February 6, 2026.
The project will conduct field studies and laboratory experiments to better understand the mechanistic responses of playa wetlands in the High Plains region to nitrate loading from agricultural fertilizer use. In situ measurements will assess playa microbial structure, activity, pore water chemistry and soil chemistry across a landscape-level nitrate gradient. Laboratory nitrate enrichment experiments will provide insights into playa biogeochemical traits related to nutrient cycling. The research aims to inform playa conservation, management and restoration by generating essential data on the short and long-term impacts of nitrate loading on playa nutrient cycling. A subaward of $492,056 will support related work by the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
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