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The two elements Phosphorus and Nitrogen control plant growth under given climatic conditions. Scientific interest in their biogeochemical cycles comes therefore from two sides, viz. from scientists trying to increase the primary production as much as possible for food production (fertilized or eutrophic ecosystems) and from scientists trying to keep primary production in natural ecosystems as low as pristine conditions would have made possible (i.e. unfertilized, often oligotrophic ecosystems).
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Golterman, H.L. (1985). Denitrification: Appraisal and Concluding Remarks. In: Golterman, H.L. (eds) Denitrification in the Nitrogen Cycle. NATO Conference Series, vol 9. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9972-9_1
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