Organic amendments are often derived from animal wastes or plant residues ... Unlike other plant nutrients, most laboratories do not routinely test soil for N because the N cycle is very dynamic. The ...

Effective nutrient management is essential for permanent crops, especially as trees and vines emerge from dormancy and begin ...

Carrion flies locate dead animals through a keen sense of smell ... digest it, and then cycle the nutrients back into the environment through their feces, after respiration and assimilation.

Photo Credit: NASA Oxygen-starved ocean “dead zones,” where fish and animals cannot survive ... nitrogen into the ocean from human activity can impact the ocean’s nutrient cycle. “The key questions ...

Computer models reveal how human-driven climate change will dramatically overhaul critical nutrient cycles in the ocean. In the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of ...