USGS Scientists Find New Invasive Fish Species In Florida Date: July 1, 1998 Source: U.S. Geological Survey Summary: The Asian swamp eel, a non-native fish, has been found in canals, ditches, streams and ponds near Tampa and Miami, Fla. The species is spreading and has the capability of invading and harming freshwater ecosystems throughout the Southeast, including the already-besieged Everglades system. Share:
Nitrogen form Symbol Use in soils and plants Dinitrogen(Atmospheric Nitrogen) N2 Dinitrogen is the most common form. It makes up 78 percent of the atmosphere but cannot be used by plants. It is taken into the soil by bacteria, some algae, lightning, and other means. Nitrate NO3 Nitrate is the form of nitrogen most used by plants for growth and development. Nitrate is the form that can most easily be lost to groundwater. AmmoniumNitrogen NH4 Ammonium taken in by plants is used directly in proteins. This form is not lost as easily from the soil.
(Image: NASA-MODIS/Aqua). Plants need nitrogen to grow. Plants are not able to use the nitrogen that is in the atmosphere for this, even though there is tons of it available. Itâs just not in a form that plants can use. So they get the nitrogen they need from the soil where bacteria have converted it into a usable form.he Changing Nitrogen Cycle. Look up into the sky and you look through millions of air molecules, eighty percent of which are nitrogen molecules-two atoms of nitrogen bonded together. Nitrogen is found all over the planet, not just in the sky. It is in living things, air, water, even animal waste.