Aquatic Pollution and Coastal Management

Unit 3 : Agricultural wastes and eutrophication

3.13.2.B. The Minor Mineral Nutrients

• Chlorine Cl^- 100-10,000 Osmosis and ionic balance
• Copper Cu²⁺ 2-75 Activator of some enzymes
• Manganese Mn²⁺ 5-1500 Activator of some enzymes
• Zinc Zn²⁺ 3-150 Activator of many enzymes
• Molybdenum MoO₄^2- 0.1--5.0 Nitrogen metabolism
• Boron BO₃^- or B₄O₇^2- Calcium utilization, nucleic acid synthesis, membrane integrity.