The study, published in the international journal Nature Communications ... could affect the base of the ocean food web and nutrient cycling. The results, now published in the international ...

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Nitrogen is an important plant nutrient that is often deficient in the sandy soils ... most laboratories do not routinely test soil for N because the N cycle is very dynamic. The dynamic nature of the ...

but a new study in Nature Geoscience posits a novel theory: did the mass extinction of big mammals lead to nutrient deficiency, especially of nitrogen, in parts of the Amazon rainforest?

To some extent, the whale pump influences carbon cycling and storage too ... transferred to poor nutrient grounds. Most of this nitrogen transport comes from whale urine, which stimulates ...

"Soil microorganisms regulate nutrient cycling, interact with many other organisms, and therefore may support successional pathways and complementary ecosystem functions, even in harsh conditions ...