The fate of nitrogen and phosphorus at the land-sea margin of the North Atlantic Ocean

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Scott W. Nixon1, James W. Ammerman2, Larry P. Atkinson3, Veronica M. Berounsky1, Gilles Billen4, William C. Boicourt5, Walter R. Boynton5, Thomas M. Church6, Dominic M. DiToro7, Ragnar Elmgren8, Jonathan Garber9, Anne E. Giblin10, Richard A. Jahnke11, Nick Owens12, Michael E. Q. Pilson1, Sybil P. Seitzinger13
1University of Rhode Island USA
2Texas A&M University USA
3Old Dominion University, USA
4Universite Libre de Bruxelles, USA
5University of Maryland USA
6University of Delaware USA
7Manhattan College, USA
8Stockholm University, USA
9U.S. Environmental Protectio Agency, USA
10Marine Biological Laboratory, USA
11Skidaway Instit. of Oceanography, USA
12University of Newcastle, USA
13Rutgers University/NOAA CMER Program, USA

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