Much of the loss of biologically available nitrogen in the ocean is now thought to be due to a consortium of microbes carrying out ______.

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The anammox (anaerobic ammonium oxidation) reaction is a process carried out by a consortium of microbes that converts ammonium and nitrite into nitrogen gas. This process is responsible for much of the loss of biologically available nitrogen in the ocean. Denitrification and nitrification are also important processes in the nitrogen cycle, but they do not result in the loss of biologically available nitrogen. Nitrogen fixation, on the other hand, adds biologically available nitrogen to the system and is not responsible for its loss.

Much of the Loss of Biologically Available Nitrogen in the Ocean