noun
nutrient salts; nutritive salts
Technical term used in biology, oceanography, and agriculture for inorganic salts that serve as nutrients for plants and phytoplankton.
海の表層では、栄養塩類が不足しやすい。
In the surface layer of the ocean, nutrient salts tend to be scarce.
植物プランクトンの増殖に
Nutrient salts are necessary for the growth of phytoplankton.