February 19, 1999
Hawaiian Rain-Forest Productivity Tied to Trace Elements Delivered by Winds
Trace elements carried in the atmosphere -- some over distances of thousands of miles -- appear to be responsible for the high productivity of Hawaiian rain forests.
Oliver A. Chadwick, a professor of geography at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and colleagues from other institutions reached that conclusion in the February 11 issue of Nature after conducting a study of changes in nutrients in
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