Phosphorous Cycle

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Importance

Needed for DNA,RNA,ATP,phospholipids

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Reservoirs

Rocks and sediments soil and water

NO ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENT

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Weathering

Releases phosphate into plants

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Absorbtion

Phosphate released by weathering absorbed by plants

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Returned to soil

returned via waste and decomposition

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Sedimentation

Long term storage in rocks

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Human impacts

mining of phosphate rocks and runoff causing algal blooms