The rate of nutrient cycling in an ecosystem
A) depends only on the rate of photosynthesis.
B) depends only on the rate of decomposition.
C) does not depend on the rate of photosynthesis or the rate of decomposition.
D) depends on both the rate of photosynthesis and the rate of decomposition.
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A)thermocline.
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