Complex sentence: Energy flow through an ecosystem is unidirectional and noncyclic, whereas the movement of mineral nutrients is cyclic, such as the carbon cycle, sulfur cycle, nitrogen cycle, water cycle, phosphorus cycle, oxygen cycle, among others.
Split into simpler sentences: Energy flow through an ecosystem is unidirectional and noncyclic, whereas the movement of mineral nutrients is cyclic. It is the cyclic movement of mineral nutrients, such as the carbon cycle, sulfur cycle, nitrogen cycle, water cycle, phosphorus cycle, oxygen cycle, among others.