Combining spectroscopic and isotopic techniques gives a dynamic view of phosphorus cycling in soil
Abstract
Current understanding of phosphorus (P) cycling in soils can be enhanced by integrating previously discrete findings concerning P speciation, exchange kinetics, and the underlying biological and geochemical processes. Here, we combine sequential extraction with P K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy and isotopic methods (33P and 18O in phosphate) to characterize P cycling on a climatic gradient in Hawaii. We link P pools to P species and estimate the turnover times for commonly considered P pools. Dissolved P turned over in seconds, resin-extractable P in minutes, NaOH-extractable inorganic P in weeks to months, and HCl-extractable P in years to millennia. Furthermore, we show that in arid-zone soils, some primary mineral P remains even after 150 ky of soil development, whereas in humid-zone soils of the same age, all P in all pools has been biologically cycled. The integrative information we provide makes possible a more dynamic, process-oriented conceptual model of P cycling in soils.
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[1];
- Federal Inst. of Technology, Zurich (Switzerland). Inst. of Agricultural Sciences
- Univ. of Bonn (Germany). Inst. of Crop Science and Resource Conservation; McGill Univ., Montreal, QC (Canada)
- California State Univ. (CalState), Long Beach, CA (United States). Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Univ. of Montpellier, Montpellier (France). Eco&Sols, Montpellier SupAgro
- Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States). Dept. of Geography
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Biology
- Federal Inst. of Technology, Zurich (Switzerland). Inst. of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics
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- Research Org.:
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1468730
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-76SF00515
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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Helfenstein, Julian, Tamburini, Federica, von Sperber, Christian, Massey, Michael S., Pistocchi, Chiara, Chadwick, Oliver A., Vitousek, Peter M., Kretzschmar, Ruben, and Frossard, Emmanuel. Combining spectroscopic and isotopic techniques gives a dynamic view of phosphorus cycling in soil. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05731-2.
Helfenstein, Julian, Tamburini, Federica, von Sperber, Christian, Massey, Michael S., Pistocchi, Chiara, Chadwick, Oliver A., Vitousek, Peter M., Kretzschmar, Ruben, & Frossard, Emmanuel. Combining spectroscopic and isotopic techniques gives a dynamic view of phosphorus cycling in soil. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05731-2
Helfenstein, Julian, Tamburini, Federica, von Sperber, Christian, Massey, Michael S., Pistocchi, Chiara, Chadwick, Oliver A., Vitousek, Peter M., Kretzschmar, Ruben, and Frossard, Emmanuel. Mon .
"Combining spectroscopic and isotopic techniques gives a dynamic view of phosphorus cycling in soil". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05731-2. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1468730.
@article{osti_1468730,
title = {Combining spectroscopic and isotopic techniques gives a dynamic view of phosphorus cycling in soil},
author = {Helfenstein, Julian and Tamburini, Federica and von Sperber, Christian and Massey, Michael S. and Pistocchi, Chiara and Chadwick, Oliver A. and Vitousek, Peter M. and Kretzschmar, Ruben and Frossard, Emmanuel},
abstractNote = {Current understanding of phosphorus (P) cycling in soils can be enhanced by integrating previously discrete findings concerning P speciation, exchange kinetics, and the underlying biological and geochemical processes. Here, we combine sequential extraction with P K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy and isotopic methods (33P and 18O in phosphate) to characterize P cycling on a climatic gradient in Hawaii. We link P pools to P species and estimate the turnover times for commonly considered P pools. Dissolved P turned over in seconds, resin-extractable P in minutes, NaOH-extractable inorganic P in weeks to months, and HCl-extractable P in years to millennia. Furthermore, we show that in arid-zone soils, some primary mineral P remains even after 150 ky of soil development, whereas in humid-zone soils of the same age, all P in all pools has been biologically cycled. The integrative information we provide makes possible a more dynamic, process-oriented conceptual model of P cycling in soils.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-018-05731-2},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {8}
}
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