Sentence examples for nutrient phosphorous from inspiring English sources

To inform catchment management decisions designed to prevent algal blooms and improve water quality, a sub-catchment scale, mass-balance approach to understanding the behaviour of the critical nutrient, phosphorous (P), has been taken.

Depriving the plants of a nutrient called phosphorous caused the roots to grow more horizontally than when phosphorus is plentiful, presumably to allow the plants to expand their search for phosphate in the upper layers of the soil, where this nutrient is usually more abundant.

The main reason for the burning of soils by farmers in Basona Worena district in general and Gudo Beret Kebele, in particular, is to minimize waterlogging, control insects and weeds, and also to increase the availability of certain plant nutrients, particularly phosphorous and potassium, that improve the fertility of the soil (Dubale 2001).

Maintaining water quality includes the control of sediment, nutrient (in particular phosphorous and nitrogen) and chemical loads, as well as salinity (TEEB [2010b]).

Both the nutrient and the phosphorous removal from a wastewater by its biological treatment using an activated sludge technology are considered.

Milk contains a range of nutrients, including calcium, phosphorous, magnesium and vitamin B12.

These smaller organisms are also stimulated by nitrogen and phosphorous nutrients running off the land.

Indeed, on continents affected by orogenic activity, diversity proceeded at a faster pace than on other continents, suggesting that an increase in the supply of some nutrients, such as phosphorous and potassium, during the process of uplift may have fueled the diversification.

The majority of land plants rely on friendly fungi to extract the key nutrients nitrogen and phosphorous from the soil.

In addition, dissolved inorganic nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorous and carbon are taken up by macroalgae, helping to alleviate eutrophication in seas and oceans.

So for thousands of years, humans have come up with ingenious ways of replacing the nitrogen – and other essential nutrients such as phosphorous – they have taken from the soil.