Nutrients are nonconservative constituents of seawater because they ________.

A. are recycled into plants and animals
B. maintain constant ratios to each other
C. do not maintain constant ratios to each other
D. maintain constant ratios to each other and are recycled into plants and animals
E. do not maintain constant ratios to each other and are recycled into plants and animals


Answer: E

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