Changing sources of nutrients during four million years of ecosystem development

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作者
Chadwick, OA [1 ]
Derry, LA
Vitousek, PM
Huebert, BJ
Hedin, LO
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Geog, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA
[2] Cornell Univ, Dept Geol Sci, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[3] Stanford Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
[4] Univ Hawaii Manoa, Dept Atmospher Sci, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA
[5] Cornell Univ, Ecol & Systemat Sect, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
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10.1038/17276
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
As soils develop in humid environments, rook-derived elements ave! gradually lost, and under constant conditions it seems that ecosystems should reach a state of profound and irreversible nutrient depletion. We show here that inputs of elements from the atmosphere can sustain the productivity of Hawaiian rainforests on highly weathered soils. nations are supplied in marine aerosols and phosphorus is deposited in dust from central Asia, which is over 6,000 km away.
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页码:491 / 497
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