Water Nitrate
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Evidence & Context
The benchmark is thus articulated as the maintenance of hydrogeochemical conditions within the bounds of natural variability.
Performance-based benchmark defined as no statistically significant increase above the 95th percentile of the site-specific natural baseline.
A performance standard benchmark for Water Nitrate in the Arid Karstic Woodlands & Shrublands biome under industrial land use, based on maintaining site-specific natural baseline hydrogeochemical conditions.
Due to the natural high and variable nitrate concentrations, a fixed numeric benchmark is scientifically indefensible; the benchmark must be site-specific and performance-based.
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Phylogenetic structure of unusual aquatic microbial formations in Nullarbor caves, Australia
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Additional references from the underlying research that informed this benchmark.
Nitrate in freshwater, toxicant default guideline values for protecting ...
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