How do phytoplankton survive scarcity of critical nutrient?

Friday, June 6, 2014 - 02:31 in Earth & Climate

How do phytoplankton survive when the critical element phosphorus is difficult to find? Researchers conducted the most comprehensive survey of the content and distribution of a form of phosphorus called polyphosphate, or poly-P in the western North Atlantic. What they found was surprising.

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