Collaborative Research: Evaluating paradigms in P biogeochemical cycling: The paradox of high P availability in ecosystems developing on P-poor parent material

This study will determine the role of the atmosphere as a supplier of phosphorus (P), a key soil nutrient, to ecosystems. The research uses lake sediments that preserve the history of how ecosystems developed to reconstruct how P cycled over time. The study also uses present-day soils and water samples to answer fundamental questions related to…