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Excess phosphorus is polluting our environment while, ironically, mineable resources of this essential nutrient are limited. James Elser and Elena Bennett argue that recycling programmes are urgently needed.
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- James Elser is at the School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.,
James Elser - Elena Bennett is at the Department of Natural Resource Sciences and McGill School of Environment, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,
Elena Bennett
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- James Elser
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Elser, J., Bennett, E. A broken biogeochemical cycle.Nature 478, 29–31 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/478029a
- Published: 05 October 2011
- Issue date: 06 October 2011
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/478029a