Impact of a moderate/high-severity prescribed eucalypt forest fire on soil phosphorous stocks and partitioning

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 621; pp. 1103 - 1114
• Main Authors: Santín, Cristina, Otero, Xose L., Doerr, Stefan H., Chafer, Chris J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.04.2018
• Subjects: 31P NMR; Algal blooms; Ash; Australia; bioavailability; Bioavailable phosphorus; Eucalyptus; forest fires; forests; Fuel reduction burn; Organic phosphorus; phosphorus; prescribed burning; sediments; soil horizons; temperature; water erosion; water reservoirs; water supply; watersheds; Australia; Organic phosphorus; Bioavailable phosphorus; Algal blooms; Fuel reduction burn; Ash; 31P NMR; P NMR

This study examines the direct impact of a moderate/high-severity prescribed fire on phosphorous (P) stocks and partitioning in oligotrophic soils of a dry eucalypt forest within Sydney's water supply catchments, Australia. We also quantify and characterize the P present in the ash produced in...