It is also important to use a substrate that does not contain too many available nutrients.
Experts think the shrinking of bristlecones' live tissue is a strategy to balance growth with available nutrients.
One might think that the ocean is a homogeneous soup, with nutrients equally available to all.
The straws can be 3-5 feet tall depending on the nutrients available to the plant in the soil.
K is the carrying capacity, i.e. the maximum size that can be reached with the available nutrients.
Any fertilizer's ingredients convert to the same available nutrients no matter the source.
This strategy allows insects to extract a significant proportion of the available nutrients from the food source.
The variability of the average brood size is due to many variables, including temperature, age, and available nutrients.
This adds to the problem of finding available nutrients for plants.
By the time the water warms, all available nutrients have been absorbed and productivity falls.