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Out of reach

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  • Sybil Seitzinger

    (Sybil Seitzinger is at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers/NOAA CMER Program, 71 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-8521, USA. sybil@marine.rutgers.edu)

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Denitrifying bacteria and hungry plants do sterling work in disposing of the nitrates that we pump into rivers and streams. But as the excess influx goes up and up, the efficiency of removal goes down and down.

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  • Sybil Seitzinger, 2008. "Out of reach," Nature, Nature, vol. 452(7184), pages 162-163, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:452:y:2008:i:7184:d:10.1038_452162a
    DOI: 10.1038/452162a
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    2. Zou, Rui & Wu, Zhen & Zhao, Lei & Elser, James J. & Yu, Yanhong & Chen, Yihui & Liu, Yong, 2020. "Seasonal algal blooms support sediment release of phosphorus via positive feedback in a eutrophic lake: Insights from a nutrient flux tracking modeling," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 416(C).

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