Reply to Howarth and Paerl: Is control of both nitrogen and phosphorus necessary? | Zendy

D. W. Schindler | Zendy; Robert E. Hecky | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Reply to Howarth and Paerl: Is control of both nitrogen and phosphorus necessary?

Author(s) -

D. W. Schindler,

Robert E. Hecky

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

proceedings of the national academy of sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011

H-Index - 771

eISSN - 1091-6490

pISSN - 0027-8424

DOI - 10.1073/pnas.0809744105

Subject(s) - phosphorus , nitrogen , control (management) , environmental science , chemistry , computer science , artificial intelligence , organic chemistry

As we stated in our paper (1), extrapolation of our results to estuaries should be done with caution. In response to Howarth and Paerl (2) we believe that the many similarities between responses of freshwater and estuarine systems that we discuss should not be totally ignored. Controlling nitrogen is a costly process, and we should expect conclusive evidence that it is effective. Salinity per se does not limit nitrogen fixation. It, and nitrogen-fixing Cyanobacteria such as Nodularia are common in …

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research