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What happens to the phosphorus that is carried by runoff the ocean?
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Much of this phosphate then concentrates in marine sediment. Some of the phosphate is eventually incorporated into the bodies of marine animals such as fish.
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What happens to the phosphorous that is carried by runoff to the ocean?
in order for the phosphorus to leave the oceanic environmental .
What happens to the phosphorus that is carried by runoff to the ocean?
Much of this phosphate then concentrates in marine sediment. Some of the phosphate is eventually incorporated into the bodies of marine animals such as fish.
Nitrogen compounds are often used as fertilizers to increase plant growth. Sometimes there is much more nitrogen than plants need. What happens to most of this excess nitrogen?
Algal Blooms Freshwater algal blooms are normally associated with phosphorus runoff, not nitrogen. Incidentally, the source has never been proven (though suspected) to be agricultural fertilizers in the case of either nitrogen or phosphorus. See the related link below.
What does runoff include?
Water also reaches the ocean as runoff from the surface. Runoff includes flow from rivers as well as melting snowfields and glaciers.
What eventually happens to seafloor that is carried away from the mid ocean ridge?
its deposited somewhere else
What is an example of runoff?
Rain causes runoff. When it rains, the rainwater mixes with trash and other pollutants and it is carried down our storm drains and into our oceans. Gasoline and sewage spills from boats and ships also contribute to the pollution problems. Also if people do not clean up there trash and just leave it into our community then when it rains, the rain picks up all the trash and then goes into sewer drains, and the sewer drains lead to the ocean.
The most oil pollution to the ocean?
Runoff from land.
All surface runoff eventually flows into the?
The ocean
What effect does the ocean not have on the land?
Collecting salt from runoff water
What makes ocean waves light up with a blue green light at night?
I believe when this happens there is phosphorus in the water, I'm not sure how it gets there though.
Does the water cycle affect the ocean?
the ocean becomes saltier (evaporation) or less salty (precipitation/runoff)
How can runoff on a mountain end up in the ocean?
the snow falls off the mountain and falls onto the ocean
