It is mainly cycling through water, soil and sediments. In the atmosphere phosphorus can mainly be found as very small dust particles. Phosphorus moves slowly from deposits on land and in sediments, to living organisms, and than much more slowly back into the soil and water sediment.
What are the 5 steps of the phosphorus cycle?
Terms in this set (5)
1Weathering.
2Fertilizer. -Soil. -Direct Runoff.
3Excretion and Decomposition.
4Dissolved Phosphates (generally in ocean)
5Geologic Uplift.
