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The biogeochemical structure of natural ecosystems resulted from the co-evolution of the geosphere and the biosphere (Degens, 1989; Schlesinger, 1997; Bashkin, 2002). During this co-evolution each elementary geochemical unit (the smallest unit of the Earth’s surface organization) has corresponded to a specific ecosystem with regular biogeochemical food webs. In turn, these food webs have been adapted to the specific parameters of migration and accumulation of different chemical species in the biosphere.
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Bashkin, V.N. (2006). BIOGEOCHEMICAL STRUCTURE OF ECOSYSTEMS. In: MODERN BIOGEOCHEMISTRY: SECOND EDITION. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4586-7_2
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