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. 1969 Mar 14;163(3872):1205-6.
doi: 10.1126/science.163.3872.1205.

Nitrification: importance to nutrient losses from a cutover forested ecosystem

G E Likens, F H Bormann, N M Johnson

Nitrification: importance to nutrient losses from a cutover forested ecosystem

G E Likens et al. Science. .

Abstract

The nitrate concentration (weighted average) in stream water from an experimentally deforested watershed increased from 0.9 milligram per liter before removal of the vegetation to 53 milligrams per liter 2 years later. This nitrate mobilization, presumably due to increased microbial nitrification, was equivalent to all of the other net cationic increases and anionic decreases observed in tae drainage water.

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