How are living organisms dependent on the soil ? Are organisms that live in water totally independent of soil as a resource ?

Explanation

Almost all living organisms are dependent on soil . Some depend directly while some depend indirectly . Plants need soil for getting suport as well as nutrients to prepare their food on the other hand , organ isms depend on plants for food and other substances that are essential to life . Herbivores depend directly upon animals which in turn depend upon plants for food . This makes them depend on soil indirectly organisms that live in water are not totally independent of soil as a resource . These organisms depend on aquatic plants for food and other substances . These aquatic plants in turn require minerals for their substance . These minerals are carried to water bodies from soil by rivers rain water etc. Without the supply of minerals from the soil to the water bodies it is immpossible to imagine aquatic life .