Papers presented at the Organic Phosphorus Workshop, held July 2003, Ascona, Switzerland.

This book contains state-of-the-art reviews of organic phosphorus characterization and transformations in the environment. It includes 17 chapters organized into 3 main sections. Section 1 (3 chapters) describes analytical techniques used to characterize organic phosphorus compounds in environmental samples, with chapters dedicated to state-of-the-art procedures involving chromatographic separation, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Section 2 (7 chapters) addresses the processes that control organic phosphorus behaviour in terrestrial and aquatic environments, including the origins, stabilization, hydrolysis (biotic and abiotic) and biological utilization of organic phosphorus. Section 3 (7 chapters) integrates these processes at the ecosystem level, with chapters synthesizing information on organic phosphorus in soils and aquatic systems, its interaction with other nutrient cycles and its transfer between terrestrial and aquatic environments. Two chapters (Chapters 15 and 16) in this section describe state-of-the-art models used to investigate the behaviour of organic phosphorus in both terrestrial and aquatic environments. The final chapter in this section summarizes the importance of organic phosphorus in the environment and identifies key areas towards which future research effort should be directed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Separation, Preconcentration and Speciation of Organic Phosphorus in Environmental Samples / Ian D. McKelvie -- Using Phosphorus-31 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Characterize Organic Phosphorus in Environmental Samples / Barbara J. Cade-Menun -- Organic Phosphorus Speciation in Natural Waters by Mass Spectrometry / William T. Cooper, Jennifer M. Llewelyn, G. Lee Bennett, Alexandra C. Stenson and Vincent J.M. Salters -- Abiotic Degradation of Organic Phosphorus Compounds in the Environment / Darren S. Baldwin, Julia A. Howitt and James K. Beattie -- Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Organic Phosphorus / Hervé Quiquampoix and Daniel Mousain -- Abiotic Stabilization of Organic Phosphorus in the Environment / Luisella Celi and Elisabetta Barberis -- Microbial Turnover of Phosphorus in Soil / Astrid Oberson and Erik J. Joner -- Utilization of Soil Organic Phosphorus by Higher Plants / Alan E. Richardson, Tim S. George, Maarten Hens and Richard J. Simpson -- Microbial Turnover of Organic Phosphorus in Aquatic Systems / Robert T. Heath -- Ecological Aspects of Phosphatase Activity in Cyanobacteria, Eukaryotic Algae and Bryophytes / Brian A. Whitton, Abdulrahman M. Al-Shehri, Neil T.W. Ellwood and Benjamin L. Turner -- Organic Phosphorus Dynamics in Tropical Agroecosystems / Generose Nziguheba and Else K. Bünemann -- Organic Phosphorus Transfer from Terrestrial to Aquatic Environments / Benjamin L. Turner -- Interactions of Organic Phosphorus in Terrestrial Ecosystems / Leo M. Condron and Holm Tiessen -- Organic Phosphorus in the Aquatic Environment : Speciation, Transformations and Interactions with Nutrient Cycles / Alison M. Mitchell and Darren S. Baldwin -- Modelling Phosphorus, Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics in Terrestrial Ecosystems / William J. Parton, Jason Neff and Peter M. Vitousek -- Modelling Organic Phosphorus Transformations in Aquatic Systems / Peter Reichert and Bernhard Wehrli -- Synthesis and Recommendations for Future Research.

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