Leaf litter inputs decrease phosphate sorption in a strongly weathered tropical soil over two time scales

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 507-524

  Schreeg, Laura A ^a,b,c   Mack, Michelle C ^a   Turner, Benjamin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Nutrient cycling; Phosphorus; Soil organic matter; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIOAVAILABILITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FLUORIDE; INDEX METHOD; LEACHATE; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SORPTION; THROUGHFALL; TIMESCALE; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL SOIL;

EID: 84876297437     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-012-9781-5     Document Type: Article

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