trace element

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Storage of nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus, but also of many trace elements, are considered a crucial ecosystem service of places like the Wester- and the Oosterschelde.

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Findings from the study provide important baseline data needed to further assess the pathophysiological mechanisms and ecotoxicological hazards associated with exposure to and accumulation of trace elements in tissues of free-ranging whales and dolphins.

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Mercury, a trace element, hasn't received the same attention, partly because the terrestrial biosphere's role in the global mercury cycle has only recently been better quantified.

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Earlier researchers focused on the trace element composition of these rocks, hoping to find clues about TTG magmas and their source.

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These two layers are approximately equally thick, around 50 micrometers each, and they differ in terms of trace element composition.

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