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Wouldn't there have to be some sort of nitrogen release in the system? We are adding a lot of it, I still have a hard time believing that it's not going anywhere besides in a perpetual cycle!
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I here ya Cougra. let me go a little deeper
thier are two forms of nitrogen, inorganic and organic. Ammonium/nitrite/nitrate/Nitrous oxide/Dinitrogen are all inorganic and stuff like protiens/Nucleuc acids/amino sugars/urea are the organic forms.
Nitrogen can transform by several methods, but here are the two we are really relating to
>Ammonification is wher organic N is broken down into Ammonium
>Immobilization is where inorganic N matter is built up to form Organic N.
In the second process this is part of the organic goo I was always refering to in the DSb debates. Its a sink.
Mike