Phosphorus release under short-term submergence of pasture soils in critical source areas.

dc.citation.volume375
dc.contributor.authorPalihakkara J
dc.contributor.authorBurkitt L
dc.contributor.authorJeyakumar P
dc.contributor.authorAttanayake CP
dc.coverage.spatialEngland
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-19T00:42:13Z
dc.date.available2025-02-19T00:42:13Z
dc.date.issued2025-01-29
dc.description.abstractCritical source areas (CSAs) can act as a source of phosphorus (P) in surface waters by releasing soil P to porewater during frequent rainfall events. The extent of P release under short-term, frequent submergence has not been systematically studied in CSAs in New Zealand. A study was conducted to explore the potential of three contrasting dairy and sheep/beef farm soils (Recent, Pallic and Allophanic soils) to release P to porewater and pondwater under short-term and frequent submergence. Five undisturbed soil blocks (20 × 20 × 15 cm) were sampled from each soil. Porewater samplers and half-cell platinum electrodes for in-situ redox potential measurements were installed at 2 and 10 cm depths from the soil surface. Six submerged events were created by maintaining a 5 cm waterhead. Porewater and pondwater samples were collected immediately and three days after each submergence event. After three days of submergence, the soil blocks were drained and maintained at 70% of water holding capacity for 10 days before the next submergence event. Dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP), pH, dissolved organic carbon, cations, anions, and alkalinity of the water samples were measured. Soil chemical P fractions were assessed in initial soils and soils in the middle and end of the experiment. Thermodynamic modelling was used to infer dissolution and formation of P and P-associated minerals. The Recent soil released P to porewater at both depths and to pondwater. The Pallic soil released P to porewater at both depths but did not change pondwater DRP. Allophanic soil sorbed P and did not increase DRP either in porewater or pondwater. The average pondwater DRP of the three soils during submergence were 17 to 65-fold higher than the New Zealand lowland river target DRP concentration (0.01 mg/L). The mechanisms of P release from the Recent and Pallic soils were desorption and reductive dissolution of Mn(Ⅱ) minerals. Reductive dissolution of Fe(Ⅱ) minerals was not supported by fractionation or modelling results. Decreases in labile, moderately labile and stable P fractions contributed to P release in the Recent soil, while increases in the labile and moderately labile P fractions contributed to P retention in the Pallic and Allophanic soils. This study highlighted that the Recent soil is riskier than the other two soils in releasing P upon short-term submergence and the potential use of Allophanic soil as a P sorbing material in CSAs to mitigate P loss.
dc.description.confidentialfalse
dc.edition.editionFebruary 2025
dc.format.pagination124317-
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39879926
dc.identifier.citationPalihakkara J, Burkitt L, Jeyakumar P, Attanayake CP. (2025). Phosphorus release under short-term submergence of pasture soils in critical source areas.. J Environ Manage. 375. (pp. 124317-).
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124317
dc.identifier.eissn1095-8630
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn0301-4797
dc.identifier.number124317
dc.identifier.piiS0301-4797(25)00293-2
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/72507
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301479725002932
dc.relation.isPartOfJ Environ Manage
dc.rights(c) 2025 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectAllophanic
dc.subjectDissolved reactive phosphorus
dc.subjectPallic
dc.subjectRecent
dc.subjectShort-term frequent submergence
dc.titlePhosphorus release under short-term submergence of pasture soils in critical source areas.
dc.typeJournal article
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