The Ability to Reduce Soil Legacy Phosphorus at a Country Scale

The build-up of soil phosphorus (P) beyond plant requirements can lead to a long-term legacy of P losses that could impair surface water quality. Using a database of ∼4,50,000 samples collected from 2001–2015 we report the level of soil P enrichment by soil type, land use and region and the time it...

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Main Authors: Richard McDowell, Rosalind Dodd, Peter Pletnyakov, Alasdair Noble
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2020.00006/full