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Briefly describe three aspects of nutrients cycles.

It recycles vital ecosystem components back to the environment for further use.


Nutrient cycles link living and non living organisms together. This is essential because all organisms depend on one another and is necessary for the survival of living organisms. These organisms are linked by the flow of nutrients.


Nutrient cycles facilitate the storage of elements. Elements that are carried through the nutrient cycles are stored in their natural reservoirs and are released to organisms in small amounts that are consumable.


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