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		Spatiotemporal Nutrient Balance Analysis Across Agricultural and
		Municipal Systems // A comprehensive framework for analyzing
		agricultural nutrient balances across multiple spatial scales
		(county, 'HUC8', 'HUC2') with integration of wastewater
		treatment plant ('WWTP') effluent loads for both nitrogen and
		phosphorus. Supports classification of spatial units as
		nutrient sources, sinks, or balanced areas based on
		agricultural surplus and deficit calculations. Includes
		visualization tools, spatial transition probability analysis,
		and nutrient flow network mapping. Built-in datasets include
		agricultural nutrient balance data from the Nutrient Use
		Geographic Information System ('NuGIS'; The Fertilizer
		Institute and Plant Nutrition Canada, 1987-2016)
		https://nugis.tfi.org/tabular_data/ and U.S. Environmental
		Protection Agency ('EPA') wastewater discharge data from the
		'ECHO' Discharge Monitoring Report ('DMR') Loading Tool
		(2007-2016) https://echo.epa.gov/trends/loading-tool/water-
		pollution-search. Data are downloaded on demand from the Open
		Science Framework ('OSF') repository to minimize package size
		while maintaining full functionality. The integrated
		'manureshed' framework methodology is described in Akanbi et
		al. (2025) doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2025.108697. Designed for
		nutrient management planning, environmental analysis, and
		circular economy research at watershed/administrative to
		national scales. This material is based upon financial support
		by the National Science Foundation, EEC Division of Engineering
		Education and Centers, NSF Engineering Research Center for
		Advancing Sustainable and Distributed Fertilizer Production
		(CASFER), NSF 20-553 Gen-4 Engineering Research Centers award
		2133576. We thank Dr. Robert D. Sabo (U.S. Environmental
		Protection Agency) for his valuable contributions to the
		conceptual development and review of this work. We acknowledge
		Dr. Sheri Spiegal (U.S. Department of AgricultureAgricultural
		Research Service) for foundational contributions to the
		manureshed classification framework (Spiegal et al. 2020)
		doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2020.102813.
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