The role of industrial nitrogen in the global nitrogen biogeochemical cycle

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Gu, Baojing ^a   Chang, Jie ^a   Min, Yong ^a   Ge, Ying ^a   Zhu, Qiuan ^b   Galloway, James N ^c   Peng, Changhui ^b,d  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 84883773454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02579     Document Type: Article

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