Phosphorus sorption on tropical soils with relevance to Earth system model needs

Brenner, Julia; Porter, Wesley; Phillips, Jana R.; Childs, Joanne; Yang, Xiaojuan; Mayes, Melanie A.

doi:10.1071/SR18197

Phosphorus sorption on tropical soils with relevance to Earth system model needs

Journal Article · Wed Dec 05 23:00:00 EST 2018 · Soil Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1071/SR18197· OSTI ID:1505326

Brenner, Julia ^[1]; Porter, Wesley ^[2]; Phillips, Jana R. ^[1]; Childs, Joanne ^[1]; Yang, Xiaojuan ^[1]; ^[1]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Middle Tennessee State Univ., Murfreesboro, TN (United States)

Phosphorus (P) availability critically limits the productivity of tropical forests growing on highly weathered, low-P soils. Although efforts to incorporate P into Earth system models (ESMs) provide an opportunity to better estimate tropical forest response to climate change, P sorption dynamics and controls on soil P availability are not well constrained. Here, we measured P and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) sorption isotherms on 23 soils from tropical Oxisol, Ultisol, Inceptisol, Andisol, and Aridisol soils using P concentrations from 10 to 500mg P L^-1, and DOC concentrations from 10 to 100mg DOC L^-1. Isotherms were fit to the Langmuir equation and parameters were related to soil characteristics. Maximum P sorption capacity (Qmax) was significantly correlated with clay content (ρ=0.658) and aluminium (Al)- or iron (Fe)-oxide concentrations (ρ=0.470 and 0.461 respectively), and the DOC Qmax was correlated with Fe oxides (ρ=0.491). Readily available soil characteristics could eventually be used to estimate Qmax values. Analysis of literature values demonstrated that the maximum initial P concentration added to soils had a significant impact on the resultant Qmax, suggesting that an insufficiently low initial P range could underestimate Qmax. This study improves methods for measuring P Qmax and estimating Qmax in the absence of isotherm analyses and provides key data for use in ESMs.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER) (SC-23)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1505326

Journal Information:: Soil Research, Journal Name: Soil Research Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 57; ISSN 1838-675X

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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