Response to comment: Nitrogen fixation has not offset declines in the Lake 227 nitrogen pool and shows that nitrogen control deserves consideration in aquatic ecosystems

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1548-1550

  Thad Scott, J ^a   McCarthy, Mark J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84858265020     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2011.56.4.1548     Document Type: Note

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