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. 1988 Jun 10;240(4858):1515-7.
doi: 10.1126/science.240.4858.1515.

Disruption of the nitrogen cycle in acidified lakes

J W Rudd, C A Kelly, D W Schindler, M A Turner

Disruption of the nitrogen cycle in acidified lakes

J W Rudd et al. Science. .

Abstract

Experimental acidification of two small soft-water lakes caused nitrification to cease at pH values of 5.4 to 5.7. The resulting blockage of the nitrogen cycle caused a progressive accumulation of amnonium. When the epermental acidification of one of the lakes was ended and the pH was raised to 5.4, nitrification resumed after a time lag of 1 year.

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