Nutrient recycling processes

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Essential recycling processes, such as recycling of nutrients, may be interrupted, further limiting primary production. 

Billen, G. 1982. Modeling the processes of organic matter degradation and nutrients recycling in sedimentary systems. In Sediment Microbiology (D. B. Nedwell and C. M. Brown, Eds.), pp. 15-52. Academic Press, London. 

Nutrient recycling and supply is tightly regulated by largely biotic processes, such as retranslocation or resorption prior to leaf abscission (Medina and Cuevas 1989, Cuevas and Medina 1990). Nutrients are also reutilized from decomposing residues through rapid mineralization and uptake by a dense... 

Thus, the purpose of this chapter is to consider the interactions of biogeochemical cycles of various essential elements. The main attention will be given to (i) the stoichiometric aspects of nutrient uptake and nutrient limitations of living matter production, (ii) stoichiometric problems of nutrient recycling, and (iii) thermodynamics of bacterial energenic process. 

Biller, P., et al., 2012. Nutrient recycling of aqueous phase for microalgae cultivation from the hydrothermal liquefaction process. Algal Research 1 (1), 70—76. 

These findings on nitrogen removal show hold great promise for new types of nutrient removal processes for WWTP, particularly if nitrogen can be removed without the need for additional post-treatment carbon sources or through water recycling. Clearly, additional research is needed on this important topic of nutrient removal for wastewater treatment. 

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