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Can algal uptake stop NO3− pollution?

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  • Helen M. Baulch

    (Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin)

  • Emily H. Stanley

    (Center for Limnology, University of Wisconsin)

  • Emily S. Bernhardt

    (Duke University)

Abstract

Arising from Cardinale, B. J. Nature 472, 86–89 (2011)10.1038/nature09904 The influence of biodiversity on ecosystem function has been of interest to community ecologists for decades. Recently, Cardinale1 reported that biodiversity affects nitrate (NO3−) uptake in algal communities and that, as a result, biodiversity may help mitigate nutrient pollution. Although Cardinale’s conclusions about niche partitioning are interesting (figure 2 in ref. 1), his extension of these findings to problems of nutrient pollution is premature. Algal uptake is only a short-term nitrogen sink; control of NO3− pollution requires long-term solutions.

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  • Helen M. Baulch & Emily H. Stanley & Emily S. Bernhardt, 2011. "Can algal uptake stop NO3− pollution?," Nature, Nature, vol. 477(7366), pages 3-3, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:477:y:2011:i:7366:d:10.1038_nature10418
    DOI: 10.1038/nature10418
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