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Mongabay: More biodiversity equals cleaner water, but why?
New study shows how greater biodiversity more efficiently scrubs pollutants from freshwater.
A new landmark study not only proves that adding more species to a freshwater stream linearly increases the ecosystem's ability to clean pollutants, but also shows why. The study, published in Nature found that by increasing the biodiversity of a lab controlled mini-stream from one algae species to eight caused the ecosystem to soak up nitrate pollution......
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More biodiversity equals cleaner water, but why?
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 7th, 2011
Posted in Water Conservation