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Natural nitrogen filter fails in polluted raised bogs
Author(s) -
Lamers Leon P. M.,
Bobbink Roland,
Roelofs Jan G. M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
global change biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.146
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1365-2486
pISSN - 1354-1013
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2000.00342.x
Subject(s) - bog , environmental science , ecosystem , nitrogen , nitrogen cycle , nutrient pollution , terrestrial ecosystem , natural (archaeology) , pollution , hydrology (agriculture) , ecology , environmental chemistry , peat , geography , geology , chemistry , biology , organic chemistry , archaeology , geotechnical engineering
Summary Raised bogs are among the ecosystems most susceptible to atmospheric nitrogen pollution. Based on global data ranging from pristine to heavily polluted areas, a conceptual model is presented to explain the logistic response of these terrestrial carbon reservoirs to increased airborne nitrogen fluxes.