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Nature 427, 99 (8 January 2004) | doi:10.1038/427099b
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Fertilizer: complex issue calls for informed debate
Mark B. David1, Gregory F. McIsaac1, Robert W. Howarth2, Christine L. Goodale2 & Laurie E. Drinkwater3
- Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
- Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
The News Feature "Fertilized to death" (Nature 425, 894–895; 2003) contains several inaccuracies about how reactive nitrogen is affecting ecosystems. As scientists working to understand these effects and to formulate methods for reducing them, we feel that the increase in reactive nitrogen is a serious and critical issue, which deserves informed discussion of the many complex issues involved.
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