Phosphorus

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Phosphorus is an element that, in its different forms, stimulates the growth of aquatic macrophytes and algae in waterbodies. Phosphorus is represented in the Peridodic Table of Elements as P.


See also:
Limiting nutrient
Nutrients
Total phosphorus


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