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Phosphorus or Nitrogen
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What is the primary factor in freshwater ecosystems?
bitoral zpne
Why is phosphorous a limiting factor in many ecosystems?
It's not really...While phosphorous is an essential plant nutrient, very, very small amounts are needed by plants to grow. The introduction of phosphorous to cleaning agents like detergents, soaps and shampoos have introduced phosphorous into the natural landscape, usually in excess. Many ecosystems, like the Chesapeake Bay, suffer from nutrient pollution (nitrogen and phosphorous), which results in algal blooms and eutrophication.
What is the limiting nutrient for algae growth phosphorus nitrogen or carbon?
All three are limiting nutrients for algae growth, along with light.
What is a limiting factor and how does it affect an ecosystem?
It is a limiting nutrient limited by a single nutrient in the ecosystem, & the single goes very slow.
What is an immediate increase in the amount of algae and other producers that result from a large input of a limiting nutrient?
Algal Bloom
What is nitrogen's limiting nutrient?
In Ecology, limiting nutrients are compounds that affect growth or success of a population. One such nutrient, found in marine ecosystems, is nitrogen. Nitrogen IS the limiting nutrient - it does not have one.
The major plant nutrient most likely to be a limiting factor is?
Nitrogen
Compare the two typical limiting nutrient in saltwater and freshwater environments?
Phosphorus is the main limiting nutrient in freshwater environments, whereas nitrogen is the main limiting nutrient in saltwater environments.
When an ecosystem is limited by a single nutrient?
a limiting nutrient
When is a substance called a limiting nutrient?
This is a substance that is limited in nutrient. An example is when a limiting nutrient is supplied in large amounts, it acts as a fertilizer causing algae to bloom.
A nutrient that is scarce or cycle slowly through an ecosystem is called?
the substance is a limiting factor, but im not sure at all__________________________________________orLimiting nutrient- single nutrient that either is scarce or cycles very slowly, limiting the growth of organisms in an ecosystem.
A limiting nutrient is to ecosystem productivity as a limiting factor is to population?
growth rate
What are limiting nutrients?
A limiting nutrient is when a substance is in short supply, and it is needed more.
What happens if there is a large amount of a limiting nutrient?
Wording of question is paradoxical, limiting can't be in excess .
What is the primary factor in freshwater ecosystems?
bitoral zpne
What are the characteristics of eutrophication?
Eutrophication promotes excessive plant growth and decay and causes a severe reduction in water quality. Phosphorus is a necessary nutrient for plants to live, and is the limiting factor for plant growth in many freshwater ecosystems.
What is meant by nutrient limitation?
When an ecosystem is limited by a single nutrient that is scarce or cycles very slowly, this substance is called a limiting nutrient.
