Disruption of the Nitrogen Cycle in Acidified Lakes
- 10 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 240 (4858) , 1515-1517
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.240.4858.1515
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.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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