Christopher Oates
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Christopher Oates
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Bio & Ag Engineering PhD student at NC State 🐺 | Water Quality💧| Nutrient Monitoring🌱| Not a fan of eutrophication
https://go.ncsu.edu/oates
Thrilled to share that the study from my dissertation’s first chapter is out in @natwater.nature.com! Nutrient water quality monitoring in the Southeast is disproportionately concentrated in affluent areas, leaving many communities routinely overlooked in data collection. Check it out: rdcu.be/ewiYs
Surface waters in socially vulnerable areas are disproportionately under-monitored for nutrients in the US South Atlantic-Gulf region
Nature Water - Water quality monitoring stations are crucial to ensure a timely response to any problem emerging across water resource networks. A study of nutrient monitoring of surface waters in...
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July 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Attending the NC Water Resources Research Institute’s annual conference is always a great time. I presented @steps-stc.bsky.social work on nutrient monitoring in relation to agricultural inputs (pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...). If you’re around today or tomorrow, let’s catch up!
March 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The 1st paper of my PhD is out 🐖🌱🌎!

Effective Nutrient Management of Surface Waters in the United States Requires Expanded Water Quality Monitoring in Agriculturally Intensive Areas is a @steps-stc.bsky.social collaboration.

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Effective Nutrient Management of Surface Waters in the United States Requires Expanded Water Quality Monitoring in Agriculturally Intensive Areas
The U.S. Clean Water Act is believed to have driven widespread decreases in pollutants from point sources and developed areas, but has not substantially affected nutrient pollution from agriculture. T...
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December 17, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Reposted by Christopher Oates
Here’s another post of the Limnology! Starter Pack in case anyone needs it.

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December 17, 2024 at 3:13 AM
I’ll be presenting my work on the need for the expansion of U.S. nutrient water quality monitoring networks at #AGU24 tomorrow. I will also be giving a related talk on social vulnerability and its relation to nutrient monitoring on Friday. If you’re interested, please swing by; I’d love to chat!
December 12, 2024 at 12:00 AM