Vanadium cycle
Exchange of vanadium between continental crust and seawater
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Vanadium is removed from the ocean by burial marine sediments and incorporation into iron oxides at hydrothermal vents.
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Biological processes
Biological processes play a relatively minor role in the global vanadium cycle. Vanadium bromoperoxidase is present in some marine bacteria and algae. Vanadium can also takes the place of molybdenum in alternative nitrogenases.