Incorporating phosphorus cycling into global modeling efforts: a worthwhile, tractable endeavor
Abstract
Summary Myriad field, laboratory, and modeling studies show that nutrient availability plays a fundamental role in regulating CO 2 exchange between the Earth's biosphere and atmosphere, and in determining how carbon pools and fluxes respond to climatic change. Accordingly, global models that incorporate coupled climate–carbon cycle feedbacks made a significant advance with the introduction of a prognostic nitrogen cycle. Here we propose that incorporating phosphorus cycling represents an important next step in coupled climate–carbon cycling model development, particularly for lowland tropical forests where phosphorus availability is often presumed to limit primary production. We highlight challenges to including phosphorus in modeling efforts and provide suggestions for how to move forward. Contents Summary 324 I. Introduction 324 II. A need for phosphorus in global models 325 III. Considerations for including phosphorus 326 IV. Opportunities for moving forward 327 Acknowledgements 328 References 328
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- Southwest Biological Science Center, Moab, UT (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Climate Change Science Inst. and Environmental Sciences Division
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- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1335328
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- OSTI ID: 1787102
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- AC05-00OR22725; SC-0011806; SC-0008168
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- New Phytologist
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 208; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0028-646X
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- Wiley
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- United States
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- English
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- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 58 GEOSCIENCES; biogeochemistry; carbon cycling; climate change; Earth system models (ESMs); nutrient limitation; phosphorus (P); CARBON-NITROGEN INTERACTIONS; TROPICAL RAIN-FOREST; SOIL-PHOSPHORUS; CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS; MI
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Reed, Sasha C., Yang, Xiaojuan, and Thornton, Peter E. Incorporating phosphorus cycling into global modeling efforts: a worthwhile, tractable endeavor. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1111/nph.13521.
Reed, Sasha C., Yang, Xiaojuan, & Thornton, Peter E. Incorporating phosphorus cycling into global modeling efforts: a worthwhile, tractable endeavor. United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13521
Reed, Sasha C., Yang, Xiaojuan, and Thornton, Peter E. Thu .
"Incorporating phosphorus cycling into global modeling efforts: a worthwhile, tractable endeavor". United States. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.13521. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1335328.
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title = {Incorporating phosphorus cycling into global modeling efforts: a worthwhile, tractable endeavor},
author = {Reed, Sasha C. and Yang, Xiaojuan and Thornton, Peter E.},
abstractNote = {Summary Myriad field, laboratory, and modeling studies show that nutrient availability plays a fundamental role in regulating CO 2 exchange between the Earth's biosphere and atmosphere, and in determining how carbon pools and fluxes respond to climatic change. Accordingly, global models that incorporate coupled climate–carbon cycle feedbacks made a significant advance with the introduction of a prognostic nitrogen cycle. Here we propose that incorporating phosphorus cycling represents an important next step in coupled climate–carbon cycling model development, particularly for lowland tropical forests where phosphorus availability is often presumed to limit primary production. We highlight challenges to including phosphorus in modeling efforts and provide suggestions for how to move forward. Contents Summary 324 I. Introduction 324 II. A need for phosphorus in global models 325 III. Considerations for including phosphorus 326 IV. Opportunities for moving forward 327 Acknowledgements 328 References 328},
doi = {10.1111/nph.13521},
journal = {New Phytologist},
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volume = 208,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
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