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  2. Phosphorus cycle - Wikipedia

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    The phosphorus cycle is the biogeochemical cycle that involves the movement of phosphorus through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.Unlike many other biogeochemical cycles, the atmosphere does not play a significant role in the movement of phosphorus, because phosphorus and phosphorus-based materials do not enter the gaseous phase readily, [1] as the main source of gaseous phosphorus ...

  3. Marine biogeochemical cycles - Wikipedia

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    The phosphorus cycle is the movement of phosphorus through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. Unlike many other biogeochemical cycles, the atmosphere does not play a significant role in the movement of phosphorus, because phosphorus and phosphorus-based compounds are usually solids at the typical ranges of temperature and pressure ...

  4. Biogeochemical cycle - Wikipedia

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    A biogeochemical cycle, or more generally a cycle of matter, [1] is the movement and transformation of chemical elements and compounds between living organisms, the atmosphere, and the Earth's crust. Major biogeochemical cycles include the carbon cycle , the nitrogen cycle and the water cycle .

  5. File:Diagram of the water cycle including some human activity.pdf

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  6. Nutrient cycle - Wikipedia

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    There is much overlap between the terms for the biogeochemical cycle and nutrient cycle. Most textbooks integrate the two and seem to treat them as synonymous terms. [5] However, the terms often appear independently. The nutrient cycle is more often used in direct reference to the idea of an intra-system cycle, where an ecosystem functions as a ...

  7. Ocean fertilization - Wikipedia

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    Thus the organic material produced was much less than if the ratio of nutrients above were achieved. Only a fraction of the available nitrogen (because of iron scavenging) is drawn down. In culture bottle studies of oligotrophic water, adding nitrogen and phosphorus can draw down considerably more nitrogen per dosing. The export production is ...

  8. CHNOPS - Wikipedia

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    Graphic representation of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and sulfur CHNOPS and CHON are mnemonic acronyms for the most common elements in living organisms. "CHON" stands for c arbon , h ydrogen , o xygen , and n itrogen , which together make up more than 95 percent of the mass of biological systems. [ 1 ] "

  9. Natural environment - Wikipedia

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    The main driving factor of the oxygen cycle is photosynthesis, which is responsible for the modern Earth's atmospheric composition and life. The phosphorus cycle is the movement of phosphorus through the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere. The atmosphere does not play a significant role in the movements of phosphorus, because phosphorus ...