NITRIFICATION - IMPORTANCE TO NUTRIENT LOSSES FROM A CUTOVER FORESTED ECOSYSTEM

被引:195
作者
LIKENS, GE
BORMANN, FH
JOHNSON, NM
机构
[1] Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover
[2] School of Forestry, Yale University, New Haven
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D O I
10.1126/science.163.3872.1205
中图分类号
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];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The nitrate concentration (weighted average) in stream water from an experimentally deforested watershed increased from 0.9 milligram per liter before removal of the vegetation to 53 milligrams per liter 2 years later. This nitrate mobilization, presumably due to increased microbial nitrification, was equivalent to all of the other net cationic increases and anionic decreases observed in the drainage water.
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