The Persistent Environmental Relevance of Soil Phosphorus Sorption Saturation

Controlling phosphorus (P) loss from agricultural soils remains a priority pollution concern in much of the world. Dissolved forms of P loss are among the most difficult to manage. The concept of soil P sorption saturation, the extent to which a soil’s binding sites for P are occupied, emerged from...

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Published inCurrent pollution reports Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 141 - 150
Main Author Kleinman, Peter J. A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing 01.06.2017
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Agricultural land
Agricultural production
agricultural soils
Aquatic Pollution
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Binding sites
Earth and Environmental Science
Environment
Environmental indicators
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice
Environmental management
Eutrophication
Fertility
G Toor
hydrology
Industrial Pollution Prevention
K Scheckel
Land Pollution (G Hettiarachchi
Leachates
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Netherlands
Phosphorus
Pollution
production technology
Runoff
Saturation
Section Editors
Soil fertility
Soil pollution
Soil testing
Soils
Sorption
Sustainability management
Topical Collection on Land Pollution
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
Water quality
United States > US
Netherlands
Europe
Soil
Phosphorus
Phosphorus sorption saturation
Eutrophication
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Summary:Controlling phosphorus (P) loss from agricultural soils remains a priority pollution concern in much of the world. Dissolved forms of P loss are among the most difficult to manage. The concept of soil P sorption saturation, the extent to which a soil’s binding sites for P are occupied, emerged from the Netherlands in the 1990s and has broad appeal as both environmental indicator and management paradigm. For hydrologically active and connected soils, P sorption saturation is responsible for the stubborn problem of legacy P, resulting in long-term release of dissolved forms of P from soils. Short- and long-term mitigation options for elevated soil P sorption saturation do exist, all with trade-offs that require adoption of new mitigation and prevention strategies. Ultimately, better incorporation of soil P sorption saturation into both crop fertility and environmental management programs is needed to promote the sustainable management of P in agricultural production systems.
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ISSN:2198-6592
2198-6592
DOI:10.1007/s40726-017-0058-4