The nitrogen cascade

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 341-356

  Galloway, James N ^a   Aber, John D ^b   Erisman, Jan Willem ^c   Seitzinger, Sybil P ^d   Howarth, Robert W ^e   Cowling, Ellis B ^f   Cosby, B Jack ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c Energy Research Center of the Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrificafion; Eutrophication; Fertilizer; Forest dieback; Nitrogen cascade; Ozone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037389818     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0341:TNC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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