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Nitrogen

6 Sites in Nitrogen

Animation of Nitrogen Cycle

Presents an active diagram of this process, together with a description of each stage and component.

http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~terry/229sp03/lectures/Ncycleanim.html
Nitrogen Cycle

Diagram, facts, nitrogen fixation methods, and what fixes nitrogen.

http://homepages.nyu.edu/~pet205/nitrogen.html
Nutrient Overload: Unbalancing the Global Nitrogen Cycle

Shows how nutrient pollution through man can lead to algae blooms that unbalance the cycle.

http://pubs.wri.org/pubs_content_text.cfm?ContentID=1412
Streams Reduce Nitrogen Pollution, Scientists Find

Article describing the finding of scientists that small streams are extremely efficient at removing some of the excess nitrogen that is flowing into waterways, endangering fish and other forms of aquatic life.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/05/0504_smallstreams.html
The Microbial World: The Nitrogen Cycle and Nitrogen Fixation

How nitrogen gets "fixed" by bacteria to become available for plants on earth.

http://www.biology.ed.ac.uk/research/groups/jdeacon/microbes/nitrogen.htm
The Nitrogen Cycle

Diagram and explanation of the cycle.

http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/9s.html

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