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Reef Chemistry Question of the Day #54
People often talk about denitrification and the conversion of nitrate into N2 in deep sand beds or in pores of live rock.
Besides nitrate, seawater and bacteria, something else is needed for that process to take place. What is it?
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Ammonia
C. Organics
D. Calcium carbonate
E. Bicarbonate
F. Larger organisms (such as worms)
People often talk about denitrification and the conversion of nitrate into N2 in deep sand beds or in pores of live rock.
Besides nitrate, seawater and bacteria, something else is needed for that process to take place. What is it?
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Ammonia
C. Organics
D. Calcium carbonate
E. Bicarbonate
F. Larger organisms (such as worms)