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Dep. of Geography, Royal Holloway, Univ. of London, Egham, Surrey, UK TW20 0EX
phil.haygarth{at}bbsrc.ac.uk
The transfer of P in water draining from agricultural land can contribute to eutrophication and the growth of toxic algae. Traditionally, research has focused on particulate P transfer in surface pathways, with transfer by subsurface pathways perceived as negligible. We investigated this by monitoring P in leachate draining through large-scale monolith lysimeters (135 cm deep, 80 cm diam.) installed in a field site in southwest England. The lysimeters were taken from four grassland soil types with a range of textures (silty clay–sand) and extractable-P contents (15–75 mg kg-1 NaHCO3 extractable P) and leachate was sampled over two drainage seasons. Export of total P was <0.5 kg ha-1 yr-1 for all soil types. Concentrations of total P in the leachate routinely exceeded 100 µg L-1 and remained relatively stable throughout the drainage season, except during the late spring period when maximum concentrations >200 µg L-1 were detected from all soil types. Physically, most of the leachate P was dissolved (<0.45 µm), although 21 to 46% occurred in the particulate (>0.45 µm) size fraction, most notably from the sandy-textured soils. Chemically, the leachate was dominated by reactive (inorganic) P from all soil types (62–71%), although a large proportion was in unreactive (organic) P forms (29–38%). Reactive P occurred mainly in the <0.45 µm fraction, while unreactive P was predominantly in the >0.45 fraction. Unreactive P in the <0.45 µm fraction was greatest during the springtime (April–May), probably reflecting microbiological turnover and release of P in the soil. Our results indicate that (i) subsurface P transfer from soil to surface water can occur at concentrations that could cause eutrophication and (ii) unreactive and >0.45 µm P forms are important in subsurface P transfer.
Abbreviations: RP, reactive phosphorus • RP (<0.45), reactive phosphorus <0.45 µm • RP (>0.45), reactive phosphorus >0.45 µm • TP, total phosphorus • TP (<0.45), total phosphorus <0.45 µm • TP (>0.45), total phosphorus >0.45 µm • UP, unreactive phosphorus • UP (<0.45), unreactive phosphorus <0.45 µm • UP (>0.45), unreactive phosphorus >0.45 µm
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