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Published online 29 October 1998 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news981029-5

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Nitrates from bedrock

A mystery source of nitrate that was causing water enrichment and killing fish in Californian reservoirs has been traced to a quite unsuspected source-the bedrock underlying the streams that feed the reservoirs.

In a report in the 22 October edition of Nature, Randy A.

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