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During my research on a different subject I’ve stumbled into this article
and this one that talks of the stressed phosphates events
The articles/study’s implie that some species of phytoplankton have the ability to release Dissolved Organic Carbon into the water column, the same in a enclosed aquarium will cause nutrients to be depleted and aid there growth as heterotrophic bacteria cannot carry on getting energy without nutrients once they become fully depleted. Could this be happening in our systems and are we miss interpreting the reduction of phosphates in connection with this event with the known fact that aragonite can absorb phosphates. In other words are we in some occasions confusing phosphates stressed system with aragonite phosphates absorbing capabilities?
and this one that talks of the stressed phosphates events
The articles/study’s implie that some species of phytoplankton have the ability to release Dissolved Organic Carbon into the water column, the same in a enclosed aquarium will cause nutrients to be depleted and aid there growth as heterotrophic bacteria cannot carry on getting energy without nutrients once they become fully depleted. Could this be happening in our systems and are we miss interpreting the reduction of phosphates in connection with this event with the known fact that aragonite can absorb phosphates. In other words are we in some occasions confusing phosphates stressed system with aragonite phosphates absorbing capabilities?
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