BIOLOGY
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Chapter 56, Problem 4U
Nitrogen is often a limiting nutrient in many ecosystems because
a. there is much less nitrogen in the atmosphere than carbon.
b. elemental nitrogen is very rapidly used by most organisms.
c. nitrogen availability is being reduced by pollution due to fertilizer use.
d. most organisms cannot use nitrogen in its elemental form.
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