Which outcome occurs when increased salinity inhibits microbial activity near mangrove roots?

💡 Explanation

Salinity inhibiting microbial activity will cause reduced nitrogen fixation rates via osmotic stress affecting nitrogenase activity, because the microbes' metabolic functions are disrupted; therefore, less nitrogen becomes available to the plants, rather than increased uptake or unrelated processes dominating.

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