Reply to Howarth and Paerl: Is control of both nitrogen and phosphorus necessary?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 49, 2008, Pages

  Schindler, D W ^a   Hecky, R E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

APHANIZOMENON; CYANOBACTERIUM; DENITRIFICATION; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LETTER; NITROGEN CYCLE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULARIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY;

EID: 58049206868     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809744105     Document Type: Letter

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