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15N Tracing of Microbial Assimilation, Partitioning and Transport of Fertilisers in Grassland Soils

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Despite its epithet as the ‘Blue Planet’ only about 1% of the water on Earth is liquid freshwater (containing <0.5 g l−1 dissolved salts) and thereby directly useable by humans [1, 2].

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Charteris, A. (2019). Introduction. In: 15N Tracing of Microbial Assimilation, Partitioning and Transport of Fertilisers in Grassland Soils. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31057-8_1

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