Organic phosphorus is involved in almost every biological process. Organic forms of phosphorus often dominate in soils and aquatic systems and many organisms possess complex mechanisms enabling them to access phosphorus from organic compounds. However organic phosphorus remains the most poorly understood aspect of the global phosphorus cycle.
This book brings together the latest research and opinion on the biogeochemistry of organic phosphorus from a wide range of disciplines and focuses specifically on the characterisation and transformations of organic phosphorus in terrestrial and aquatic systems. It examines analytical procedures for the chemical characterization of organic phosphorus in environmental samples, processes regulating organic phosphorus in the environment, and integration of the process at the ecosystem level. Ecological, chemical, microbiological and analytical aspects are explored. Written by a team of leading experts, the book will provide an invaluable reference for all those interested in organic phosphorus.
Researchers in soil science, hydrology, pollution science, geochemistry, plant and microbial ecology
Preface, B L Turner, E Frossard and D S Baldwin
Section A: Chemical characterization of organic phosphorus in environmental
samples
- Separation, preconcentration and speciation of organic phosphorus in
environmental samples, I D McKelvie, Monash University, Australia
- Using phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to characterize
organic phosphorus in environmental samples, B J Cade-Menun, Stanford
University, USA
- Organic phosphorus speciation in natural waters by mass spectrometry, W T
Cooper, J M Llewelyn, G L Bennett, A C Stenson and V J M Salters, Florida
State University, USA
Section B: Processes controlling the dynamics of organic phosphorus in the
environment
- Abiotic degradation of organic phosphorus compounds in the environment, D
S Baldwin, J A Howitt, Monash University, Australia, and J K Beattie,
University of Sydney, Australia
- Enzymatic hydrolysis of organic phosphorus, H Quiquampoix, and D Mousain,
INRA-ENSAM, France
- Abiotic stabilization of organic phosphorus in the environment, L Celi
and E Barberis, University of Turin, Italy
- Microbial turnover of phosphorus in soil, A Oberson, Institute of Plant
Sciences, Switzerland, and E J Joner, Norwegian Forest Research Institute,
Norway
- Utilization of soil organic phosphorus by higher plants, A E Richardson,
T S George, M Hens, and R J Simpson, CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia
- Microbial turnover of organic phosphorus in aquatic systems, R T Heath,
Kent State University, USA
- Ecological aspects of phosphatase activities of algae and bryophytes, B A
Whitton, University of Durham, UK, A M Al-Shehri, King Khalid University,
Saudi Arabia, N T W Ellwood, Universita Roma Tre, Italy, and B L Turner
Section C: Integrating processes at the ecosystem level
- Organic phosphorus dynamics in tropical agroecosystems, G Nziguheba,
Generose, Belgium, and E K Buenemann, Institute of Plant Sciences, Switzerland
- Organic phosphorus transfer from terrestrial to aquatic environments, B L
Turner
- Interactions of organic phosphorus in terrestrial ecosystems, L M Condron,
Lincoln University, New Zealand, and H Tiessen, Göttingen University, Germany
- Organic phosphorus in the aquatic environment: speciation, transformations
and interactions with nutrient cycles, A M Mitchell and D S Baldwin,
Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Australia
- Modelling phosphorus, carbon and nitrogen dynamics in terrestrial
ecosystems, W J Parton, Colorado State University, USA, J Neff, US
Geological Survey, Denver, USA, and P M Vitousek, Stanford University, USA
- Modelling organic phosphorus transformations in aquatic systems, P
Reichert, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology,
Switzerland, and B Wehrli, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
- Synthesis and recommendations for future research, B L Turner