The availability of soil nutrients has a direct effect on primary productivity.Which of the following is most correct regarding non-limiting and limiting nutrients?
A)Only phosphorus acts as a limiting nutrient to global primary productivity.
B)Adding a limiting nutrient,such as nitrogen,would decrease primary production.
C)Increases in non-limiting nutrients result in increases in primary productivity.
D)Nitrogen is the limiting nutrient when considering global primary production.
E)Phosphorous is the only limiting nutrient in terrestrial primary productivity.

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Nitrogen is often the most common limiting nutrient in many ecosystems, particularly on a global scale, affecting the rate of primary production.

The Availability of Soil Nutrients Has a Direct Effect on Primary