Phosphorus cycle: The movement of phosphorus through rocks, soil, water, and organisms; unlike carbon and nitrogen, phosphorus has no significant atmospheric phase.
How to apply it: Use the phosphorus cycle to explain why phosphorus is often a limiting nutrient in freshwater ecosystems.
Course: AP Environmental Science · Unit: The Living World: Ecosystems
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