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The role of industrial nitrogen in the global nitrogen biogeochemical cycle

Baojing Gu1,2, Jie Chang2*, Yong Min2, Ying Ge2, Qiuan Zhu3, James N. Galloway4 Changhui Peng3,5*

1Policy Simulation Lab, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China

2College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China

3Laboratory for Ecological Forecasting and Global Change, College of Forestry, Northwest Agriculture and Forest University, Yangling 712100, China

4Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA

5Department of Biology Science, Institute of Environment Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal H3C3P8

*To whom correspondence should be sent:

Jie Chang, Department of Biological Science, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, 886 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou 310058, PR China.

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Changhui Peng, Department of Biology Science, Institute of Environment Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal H3C3P8. E-mail:

Figure S1. The half-life of different N-containing products. Data from Lin et al. (2000)

Figure S2 Per capita industrial Nr consumption variations driven by per capita GDP (PGDP) and urbanization. (a) worldwide from 1960 to 2008, (b) across continental regions in 2008 with PGDP, (c) across continental regions in 2008 with urbanization. (b) and (c) share the same group of industrial Nr fluxes, and the continental names in (c) can also be applied to (b).Detail data sources and calculations can be found in the Method section in main text.

Figure S3. Industrial Nr fluxes changes in the nine continentalregions in 2008 driven by (a) GDP and (b) population. Detail data sources and calculations can be found in the Method section in main text.

Figure S4Groundwater NO3 concentration varies among different land use types in China in 2000s. National MCL represents the maximum contaminant level of groundwater in China (30 mg NO3-N L-1); WHO MCL represents the maximum contaminant level of groundwater defined by World Health Organization (10 mg NO3-N L-1). Different letters on each box represent a significant difference across land use type (P<0.05). Modified from Gu et al. (2013)

Figure S5. Nitrogen input to different ecosystems in Greater Hangzhou Area, China. BNF represents biological N fixation. Data from Gu et al.(2009, 2011).

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