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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-89-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-89-2020
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07 Jan 2020
Research article |  | 07 Jan 2020

Anoxic conditions maintained high phosphorus sorption in humid tropical forest soils

Yang Lin, Avner Gross, Christine S. O'Connell, and Whendee L. Silver

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Phosphorus (P) is an important soil nutrient that often limits plant growth and microbial activity in humid tropical forests. These ecosystems receive a large amount of rainfall that helps create frequent anoxic events in soils. Our results show that anoxic conditions reduced the strength of soil minerals to bind P even though a large amount of P was still bound to minerals. Our study suggests that anoxic events might serve as hot moments for plants and microbes to acquire P.
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