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+ | <p>Plants (including algae) require three macro nutrients to grow: Nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorous. Of these three, phosphorous is the often the "growth-limiting" nutrient. i.e. the local environment may have an abundance of nitrogen and potassium, but algae won't develop until phosphorous is added too. </p> | ||
+ | <p> Major sources of man-made phosphorous in the environment include agricultural fertilizers |
Revision as of 18:12, 5 June 2017
Overview[edit]
Nutrients[edit]
Phosphorous
Plants (including algae) require three macro nutrients to grow: Nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorous. Of these three, phosphorous is the often the "growth-limiting" nutrient. i.e. the local environment may have an abundance of nitrogen and potassium, but algae won't develop until phosphorous is added too.
Major sources of man-made phosphorous in the environment include agricultural fertilizers