nutrient
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Marine annelids are found across nearly all ocean environments, where they help mix sediments, recycle nutrients, signal pollution levels, and support marine food webs.
From Science Daily
Working with Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, the University of Greenwich, and the Technical University of Denmark, the scientists engineered a diet that mimics the key nutrients bees normally get from pollen.
From Science Daily
Sewage also poses significant environmental risks – it increases nutrients in the water leading to algal blooms which then eventually denies other wildlife oxygen, including fish.
From BBC
It damages the small intestine so the body cannot properly take in nutrients.
From BBC
Because the sediment is rich in organic matter and nutrients like phosphorus, calcium, and magnesium, it can store these compounds and potentially release them back into the environment over time.
From Science Daily
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