Global nitrogen deposition and carbon sinks

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 430-437

  Reay, Dave S ^a   Dentener, Frank ^b   Smith, Pete ^c   Grace, John ^a   Feely, Richard A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory   (United States)

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EID: 60349111840     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo230     Document Type: Review

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