Phosphorus
Example Sentences
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The increased supply of phosphorus benefits cyanobacteria that live on the surface of the brown algae.
From Science Daily
The tower is bristling with high-tech instruments - sensors that track almost everything happening between the forest and the atmosphere: water vapor, carbon dioxide, sunlight, and essential nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus.
From BBC
High in phosphorus, it can become a problem when excess nutrients from animal manure leaches into rivers and groundwater.
From BBC
"It may be that in normal conditions phosphorus is bound up in another molecule such as phosphorus trioxide," explained Beiler.
From Science Daily
Brazil imports some 90% of the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium nutrients it needs, primarily from Russia, whose war in Ukraine plus Western sanctions have made supplies precarious.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
