Nutrient cycles???

Hey guys we only learnt about the carbon cycle what about the other cycles.

Let us take a look at the phosphorous cycle:

•Biogeochemical cycle

•Describes the movement of phosphorous through the lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere

•Atmosphere does not play signifincant role in movement

•Due to phosphorous based compunds are usually solids on earth

•Low phosphorus availability slow down microbial growth

•Proved in studies of microbial biomass

USE/CHARACTERISTICS:

•Essential nutrient for plants and animal in ions

•Limiting nutrient for aquatic organisms

•Forms important life sustaining molecules

•Remain mostly on land ,does not enter atmosphere

•80% used to make fertilizers

•Occurs as part of a phosphate ion

•Component of nucleotides

•Serve as energy storage within cells

•Linked together from DNA and RNA

•Double helix possible cause of phosphate ester bridge bind helix

•Make biomolecules phosphorus found in bones

•Function as buffering agent in maintain acid base hemostasis in body