alleryStart learning →Phosphorus enters ecosystems mainly by which process?
ANitrogen fixation
BRainfall deposits
CPhotosynthesis
DRock weathering
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Rock weathering
Phosphorus has no gas phase, so it is released slowly from rocks through weathering.
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