This is the second issue of the Research Topic: Phosphorus Along the Soil-Freshwater-Ocean Continuum
The original article collection can be found here: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/6422/phosphorus-along-the-soil-freshwater-ocean-continuum
Phosphorus (P) is essential for life but often in short supply in soils, freshwater and marine ecosystems where its availability may limit growth and thus biological productivity. Anthropogenic perturbations to the global biogeochemical cycle of phosphorus have also been recognised as among the most important modern disruptions to the earth system. Particularly, increased P transfer along the land to ocean continuum contributes to the continued proliferation of harmful and nuisance algal blooms in many freshwater aquatic systems worldwide. However, despite having been a research priority for decades, the cycling of P in terrestrial and aquatic systems is still poorly understood. Recent methodological developments are helping to elucidate P cycling processes, the understanding of which will likely become increasingly important in coming decades, as the extent of remaining minable phosphorus reserves are highly uncertain.
This Research Topic aims to bring together soil, freshwater and marine scientists with original research on P cycling in terrestrial, lotic, lentic, wetland, coastal and open ocean environments. We particularly welcome studies focusing on P transport, retention, remobilisation and transformation processes between terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments with direct links to aquatic eutrophication, and on original approaches to better understand P speciation, bioavailability (inorganic and organic forms, different oxidation states) and biogeochemistry in a wide range of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
This is the second issue of the Research Topic: Phosphorus Along the Soil-Freshwater-Ocean Continuum
The original article collection can be found here: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/6422/phosphorus-along-the-soil-freshwater-ocean-continuum
Phosphorus (P) is essential for life but often in short supply in soils, freshwater and marine ecosystems where its availability may limit growth and thus biological productivity. Anthropogenic perturbations to the global biogeochemical cycle of phosphorus have also been recognised as among the most important modern disruptions to the earth system. Particularly, increased P transfer along the land to ocean continuum contributes to the continued proliferation of harmful and nuisance algal blooms in many freshwater aquatic systems worldwide. However, despite having been a research priority for decades, the cycling of P in terrestrial and aquatic systems is still poorly understood. Recent methodological developments are helping to elucidate P cycling processes, the understanding of which will likely become increasingly important in coming decades, as the extent of remaining minable phosphorus reserves are highly uncertain.
This Research Topic aims to bring together soil, freshwater and marine scientists with original research on P cycling in terrestrial, lotic, lentic, wetland, coastal and open ocean environments. We particularly welcome studies focusing on P transport, retention, remobilisation and transformation processes between terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments with direct links to aquatic eutrophication, and on original approaches to better understand P speciation, bioavailability (inorganic and organic forms, different oxidation states) and biogeochemistry in a wide range of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
