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Algae

Appears in 7 processs and 9 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.

Top processes

Photosynthesis and respiration (biosphere metabolism)

3 steps

Biological processes

1 step

Photosynthesis and respiration (biosphere metabolism)

Nitrogen cycling

1 step

Coastal eutrophication and hypoxic dead zones

Phosphorus cycling

1 step

Freshwater eutrophication and algal blooms

Soil export to rivers and ocean: sediment, dissolved carbon and nutrients

1 step

Nitrate and particulate phosphorus reach the coast and drive eutrophication and hypoxia

Nitrate leaching from the root zone to groundwater and coastal waters

1 step

Nitrogen delivered by rivers fuels algal blooms and the seasonal hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico

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Energy flow

1 step

Photosynthetic organisms convert sunlight into chemical energy

Often found with

Cyanobacteria 6 Oxygen 6 Plants 5 Heterotrophs 3 Carbon dioxide 3 Water 3 Nitrate 3 Phosphorus 3 Sunlight 2 Organic carbon 2 Rivers 2 Bacteria 1

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