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Calcite, pH, and calcium concentration constrain phosphate precipitation

Claim that phosphate uptake by calcite, and the formation of calcium phosphate precipitates, are constrained by phosphate concentration, pH, and dissolved calcium.

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Calcite phosphate uptake is constrained by phosphate, pH, and calcium concentration

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Calcite constrains CaP precipitation

Evidence

Empirical evidence that phosphate uptake by calcite is limited by the concentration of phosphate, the pH, and the calcium concentration (Ren et al. 2021, Chem. Geol.).

Phosphorus retention in streams and wetlands: a review