Phosphorus in Action

Biological Processes in Soil Phosphorus Cycling
Buch | Hardcover
XV, 483 Seiten
2010 | 2011
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-15270-2 (ISBN)
213,99 inkl. MwSt
Phosphorus (P) is a finite resource which is essential for life. It is a limiting nutrient in many ecosystems but also a pollutant which can affect biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems and change the ecology of water bodies. This book collects the latest information on biological processes in soil P cycling, which to date have remained much less understood than physico-chemical processes. The methods section presents spectroscopic techniques and the characterization of microbial P forms, as well as the use of tracers, molecular approaches and modeling of soil-plant systems. The section on processes deals with mycorrhizal symbioses, microbial P solubilization, soil macrofauna, phosphatase enzymes and rhizosphere processes. On the system level, P cycling is examined for grasslands, arctic and alpine soils, forest plantations, tropical forests, and dryland regions. Further, P management with respect to animal production and cropping, and the interactions between global change and P cycling, are treated.

Soil organic phosphorus speciation by spectroscopic techniques.- Characterization of phosphorus forms in soil microorganisms.- The use of tracers to investigate phosphate cycling in soil/plant systems.- Molecular approaches to study biological phosphorus cycling.- Modelling phosphorus dynamics in the soil-plant system.- Role of mycorrhizal symbioses in phosphorus cycling.- Solubilization of phosphorus by soil microorganisms.- Role of soil macrofauna in phosphorus cycling.- Role of phosphatase enzymes in soil.- Rhizosphere processes, plant response and adaptations.- Biological phosphorus cycling in grasslands - Interactions with N.- Biological phosphorus cycling in arctic and alpine soils.- Phosphorus nutrition of forest plantations: the role of inorganic and organic phosphorus. - Phosphorus cycling in tropical forests growing on highly weathered soils.- Biological P cycling in dryland regions.- Manure management effects on phosphorus biotransformations and losses in animal production.- Management impacts on biological phosphorus cycling in cropped soils.- Phosphorus and global change.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 10.11.2010
Reihe/Serie Soil Biology
Zusatzinfo XV, 483 p.
Verlagsort Berlin
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 997 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Biochemie
Schlagworte global change • Mycorrhiza • rhizosphere • Soil-plant systems • symbiosis
ISBN-10 3-642-15270-8 / 3642152708
ISBN-13 978-3-642-15270-2 / 9783642152702
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