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Phosphorus

Phosphorus . http://mac122.icu.ac.jp/gen-ed/ecosystem-jpgs/phosphorus-cycle.jpg. Biogeochemical Cycle. Phosphorus . Phosphorus is a vital nutrient necessary for plants and animals in the form of PO 4 3- and HPO 4 2- .

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Phosphorus

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  1. Phosphorus

  2. http://mac122.icu.ac.jp/gen-ed/ecosystem-jpgs/phosphorus-cycle.jpghttp://mac122.icu.ac.jp/gen-ed/ecosystem-jpgs/phosphorus-cycle.jpg Biogeochemical Cycle

  3. Phosphorus • Phosphorus is a vital nutrient necessary for plants and animals in the form of PO43- and HPO42-. • Phosphorus is the building block of important parts of the body such as bones and teeth. • About 80% of the world’s phosphorus is used in fertilizers and soft drinks. • Phosphorus does not entre the atmosphere it stays in rocks and soil minerals.

  4. Phosphorus • Unlike other cycles of matter compounds, phosphorus cannot be found in atmosphere as a gas. • It usually cycles through water, soil, and sediments.

  5. Phosphorous Cycle • First phosphorus is eroded off of rocks and deposited in the soil. • Now in the soil, phosphorus is absorbed into the clay and other organic material within the soil. • Next plants dissolve the ionized phosphates in the soil. • Then the phosphates are absorbed by herbivores when they consume the plants and then into carnivores when they eat the herbivores. • Finally phosphorus is deposited back into the soil when plants and animals decay or through animal waste.

  6. http://www.enviroliteracy.org/images/page-spec//phoscycle2.gifhttp://www.enviroliteracy.org/images/page-spec//phoscycle2.gif

  7. Human Effects • The mining of phosphate ores for fertilizer affects the time cycle of the phosphorus cycle. • Mining results in the premature release of phosphates into the cycle which can cause an abundance of algae to form and cause hypoxia. • Normal levels of Phosphorus in surface water .01 to .03 mg/l

  8. Work cited • Ophardt, Charles E. "Phosphorus Cycle." Virtual Chembook. 2003. Elmhurst College. 17 Nov. 2008 <http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/308phosphorus.html>. • "Phosphorus Cycle." Environmental Impacts of Agriculture. Princeton. 17 Nov. 2008 <http://www.princeton.edu/~chm333/2003/agriculture/phosphoruscycle.htm>. • "Phosphorus Cycle." Science Online. 25 Oct. 2006. 17 Nov. 2008 <http://www.scionline.org/index.php/phosphorus_cycle>. • "Phosphorus Cycle." The Environmental Literacy Council. 2 Mar. 2008. The Environmental Literacy Council. 17 Nov. 2008 <http://www.enviroliteracy.org/article.php/480.html>. • "Phosphorus." Water Shedss. 1976. University of North Carolina. 17 Nov. 2008 <http://www.water.ncsu.edu/watershedss/info/phos.html>. • Winstead, Ray L. "Phosphorus Biogeochemical Cycle." Dr. Ray L Winstead. 3 Aug. 2005. 17 Nov. 2008 <http://nsm1.nsm.iup.edu/rwinstea/phosphorus.shtm>.

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