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Thanks to Chris Evans, Gary Lovett, John Stoddard, and the Howarth Lab Group, Cornell, for helpful discussions.

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  1. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14853, USA

    Christine L. Goodale

  2. Complex Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, 03824, USA

    John D. Aber

  3. Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, USA

    Peter M. Vitousek

  4. Department of Natural Resources, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, 03824, USA

    William H. McDowell

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Goodale, C.L., Aber, J.D., Vitousek, P.M. et al. Long-term Decreases in Stream Nitrate: Successional Causes Unlikely; Possible Links to DOC?. Ecosystems 8, 334–337 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-003-0162-8

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