Nitrogen Pollution
By David A. Bainbridge
Associate Professor
United States International College of Business
Alliant International University
San Diego, CA 92131
The impact of nitrogen additions on ecosystems - now observed in many
areas of the world. The best long term study is the Rothamstead Plots in
England. Most of the problem is from fossil fuel combustion for home
heating and cooling and automobiles.
Further Reading:
Bainbridge, D.A. 1997. The nitrogen pollution problem. Ecesis.
Newsletter of the
Society for Ecological Restoration, California
Section. 7(3):3-4.
Baron, J. 2001. Scientists discover unexpected pollutant while monitoring
fragile
mountain habitats. United States Geological
Survey, Midcontinent Ecological
Service Center, Fort Collins, Co
http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/research_briefs/nitrogen.html
Brenchley, W. 1956. The Park Grass Plots. Rothamstead Research Center.
England.
Rouse, J.D., C.A. Bishop and J. Struger. 1999. Nitrogen pollution: an
assessment
of its threat to amphibian survival.
Environmental Health Perspectives
107(10):799-803.
Schlesinger, W.A. 1997. The vulnerability of biotic diversity. pp.
245-260. In
R. Socolow, C. Andrews, F. Berkhout and V.
Thomas. Industrial Ecology and
Global Change. Cambridge University Press, NY.
Wedin, D.A. and D. Tilman. 1996. Influence of nitrogen loading and species
composition on the carbon balance of grasslands.
Science 274:1720-1721.
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