Biogeochemical cycles are the cycles of

A. all nutrients.
B. nutrients that can be limiting for organisms.
C. nutrients limiting only to plants.
D. only those nutrients cycling only within organisms.
E. None of these choices are correct.


A. all nutrients.

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