B53K:
Human Alteration of the Phosphorus Cycle: Past, Present, and Future II


Session ID#: 8517

Session Description:
The phosphorus (P) cycle has supported biological productivity for eons through efficient recycling of P. In contrast, most fertilizer P used in global food production comes from mining, not renewable sources, and current human P use has many inefficiencies. The resulting imbalances of the global P cycle endanger food security, degrade water quality, and could be heightened by population growth, changing diets, and agricultural intensification. We solicit submissions that help understand the Anthropocene P cycle broadly, and its linkages to land use, climate, hydrology, coupled biogeochemical cycles, and management, through questions such as:

  • How/why are human P fluxes, and P use, changing?
  • How/why are fluvial P fluxes changing?
  • How much legacy P has accumulated within the Earth’s critical zone, including agricultural soils, rivers, and lakes?
  • What novel technologies and management practices reduce human P use, enable P recycling, and limit P loss from land to water?
Primary Convener:  Stephen M Powers, Washington State University, Pullman, United States
Conveners:  Josephine A Archibald, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States and Sheila M. Saia, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
Chairs:  Todd Walter1, Josephine A Archibald2 and Sheila M. Saia1, (1)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States(2)Seattle University, Seattle, WA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Stephen M Powers, Washington State University, Pullman, United States
Co-Organized with:
Biogeosciences, Global Environmental Change, and Hydrology

Cross-Listed:
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • H - Hydrology

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Philip Matthew Haygarth and Daniel Blackburn, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Rong Wang1, Yves Balkanski2, Olivier Boucher1, Philippe Ciais3, Josep Penuelas4 and Shu Tao5, (1)Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Paris, France, (2)LSCE, CEA CNRS UVSQ, 91191, Gif sur Yvette, France, Gif-Sur-Yvette Cedex, France, (3)LSCE Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France, (4)Global Ecology Unit CREAF-CSIC-UAB, Barcelona Bellaterra, Spain, (5)Peking University, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
David A Vaccari, Stevens Institute of Technology, Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering, Union City, NJ, United States
Hunter J Carrick, Central Michigan University, Biology, Mount Pleasant, MI, United States
Michelle L McCrackin1, Bo Gustafsson2, Christoph Humborg1, Bongghi Hong3, Annika Svanbäck1, Dennis P Swaney4 and Lena Viktorsson2, (1)Stockholm University, Baltic Sea Centre, Stockholm, Sweden, (2)Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, (3)Cornell University, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Ithaca, NY, United States, (4)Cornell University, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Ithaca, United States
Hanlu Yan and Kaimin Shih, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Genevieve Suzanne Metson1,2, Jana Compton3, Dana Cordell4, John Harrison2 and David Iwaniec5, (1)US National Research Council of the National Academies, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Washington State University Vancouver, School of the Environment, Vancouver, WA, United States, (3)Environmental Protection Agency Corvallis, Western Ecology Division, Corvallis, OR, United States, (4)Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia, (5)Arizona State University, Global Institute of Sustainability, Tempe, United States

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