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Science 14 March 1969:
Vol. 163. no. 3872, pp. 1205 - 1206
DOI: 10.1126/science.163.3872.1205
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Nitrification: Importance to Nutrient Losses from a Cutover Forested Ecosystem

Gene E. Likens 1, F. H. Bormann 2, and Noye M. Johnson 3

1 Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
2 School of Forestry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
3 Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College

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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