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Measuring Phosphorus Release in Laboratory Microcosms for Water Quality Assessment
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The untapped potential of legacy soil phosphorus
Christopher Pratt1,2, Ali El Hanandeh3
1School of Environment and Science, Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia. c.pratt@griffith.edu.au.
Nature Food
|November 22, 2023
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