The Hubbard Brook watershed deforestation experiment yielded all of the following results except that

A) most minerals were recycled within a forest ecosystem.
B) the flow of minerals out of a natural watershed was offset by minerals flowing in.
C) deforestation increased water runoff.
D) the nitrate concentration in waters draining the deforested area became dangerously
high.
E) calcium levels remained high in the soil of deforested areas.