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Title: Combining spectroscopic and isotopic techniques gives a dynamic view of phosphorus cycling in soil

Journal Article · · Nature Communications
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6];  [7];  [1]
  1. Federal Inst. of Technology, Zurich (Switzerland). Inst. of Agricultural Sciences
  2. Univ. of Bonn (Germany). Inst. of Crop Science and Resource Conservation; McGill Univ., Montreal, QC (Canada)
  3. California State Univ. (CalState), Long Beach, CA (United States). Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences
  4. Univ. of Montpellier, Montpellier (France). Eco&Sols, Montpellier SupAgro
  5. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States). Dept. of Geography
  6. Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Biology
  7. Federal Inst. of Technology, Zurich (Switzerland). Inst. of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics

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.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); Swiss National Science Foundation
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1468730
Journal Information:
Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 9; ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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