Measuring the Fate of Compost-Derived Phosphorus in Native Soil below Urban Gardens
Measuring the Fate of Compost-Derived Phosphorus in Native Soil below Urban Gardens
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测量城市花园下方原生土壤中堆肥衍生磷的去向
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发表时间:
2019
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通讯作者:
A. Kay
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作者:
G. Small;S. Osborne;Paliza Shrestha;A. Kay
The heavy reliance on compost inputs in urban gardening provides opportunities to recycle nutrients from the urban waste stream, but also creates potential for buildup and loss of soil phosphorus (P). We previously documented P in leachate from raised-bed garden plots in which compost had been applied, but the fate of this P is not known. Here, we measured P concentrations in soils below four or six-year-old urban garden plots that were established for research. We hypothesize that the soil P concentration and depth of P penetration will increase over time after gardens are established. Soil cores were collected in five garden plots of each age and quantified for inorganic weakly exchangeable P. Inorganic weakly exchangeable P was significantly elevated in native soil below garden plots (>35 cm deep) relative to reference soil profiles, and excess P decreased with increasing depth, although differences between garden plots of different ages were not significant. Our analysis shows that excess P from compost accumulates in native soil below urban garden plots. While urban agriculture has the potential to recycle P in urban ecosystems, over-application of compost has the potential to contribute to soil and water pollution.
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10.2495/dne-v13-n4-415-422
发表时间:
2018
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Small, G.;Shrestha, P.;Kay, A.
通讯作者:
Kay, A.
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2.9
作者:
Small, Gaston;Shrestha, Paliza;Metson, Geneviève Suzanne;Polsky, Katherine;Jimenez, Ivan;Kay, Adam
通讯作者:
Kay, Adam