Sedimentary Nutrients

question 25

Multiple Choice

Sedimentary nutrients

• A) cycle very slowly and can often become limiting.
• B) are easily replaced if lost from an ecosystem by erosion of the local rock.
• C) are distributed from locally abundant reservoirs through atmospheric circulation.
• D) include carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur.

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