Nutrient Cycle

As you know that organisms need a constant supply of nutrients to regulate growth, reproduction and various bodily functions.  

At a given time, the amount of nutrients present in the soil, such as carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium, etc., is referred to as the available state.  

They are different in different types of ecosystems and also depend on the season.  

It is important to understand that nutrients that are never completely removed from the ecosystem, but are frequently recycled, and this recycling lasts indefinitely.  

The movement of nutrients by different components of the ecosystem is called nutrient cycling.  

Another name for the nutrient cycle is biogeochemical cycles (bio = bio: living organism = living organism and geo = geo: mountains, air, water = rocks, air, water).  There are two types of nutrient cycles: (a) gaseous and (b) sedimentary.  

Reserves for gaseous type nutrient cycle (i.e. nitrogen, carbon cycle) The reservoir is in the atmosphere and the reservoirs for the depletion cycle (i.e. sulfur, phosphorus cycle) are located in the Earth's crust.  

Controls the rate of release of nutrients into the atmosphere by environmental factors such as soil, humidity, pH, temperature etc.  

Storage activity is to compensate for deficiencies caused by an imbalance in the rate of influx of nutrients and efflux.