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SUBMITTER: Kipp MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5706743 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kipp Michael A MA Stüeken Eva E EE
Science advances 20171122 11
Phosphorus sets the pace of marine biological productivity on geological time scales. Recent estimates of Precambrian phosphorus levels suggest a severe deficit of this macronutrient, with the depletion attributed to scavenging by iron minerals. We propose that the size of the marine phosphorus reservoir was instead constrained by muted liberation of phosphorus during the remineralization of biomass. In the modern ocean, most biomass-bound phosphorus gets aerobically recycled; but a dearth of ox ...[more]