Explain the importance
of decomposers to the overall
biogeochemical cycle.

Decomposers plan an important role in the biogeochemical cycling for nutrients in the environment as they are responsible for the breakdown and return of nutrients back to the environment in their native state.

photosynthesis makes the glucose that is used in cellular respiration to make atp. the glucose is then turned back into carbon dioxide, which is used in photosynthesis. while water is broken down to form oxygen during photosynthesis, in cellular respiration oxygen is combined with hydrogen to form water.

the wetland preservation movement began in the u.s. in earnest with the clean water act (cwa) of 1972. although not specifically written to protect wetlands, the cwa is comprised of a series of regulations designed to prevent pollutants from contaminating u.s. waters.