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Given below is a simplified model of phosphorus cycling in a terrestrial ecosystem with four blanks (A-D). Identify the blanks.

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Phosphorus is added to soil solution through weathering of rocks – B
* It is absorbed by roots of plants called producers – C.
* Herbivorous and other animals obtain this element from plants.
* Phosphorus released in the process becomes available for reutilization of plants called detritus – A.
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