Ecology Colloquium Series - Modeling Phosphorus Dynamics in Soils and Release to Water Systems

March 1, 2017 @ 12:20 pm to 01:15 pm

Rachel Rozum, Penn State

104 Forest Resources Building

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Phosphorus (P) is a key nutrient for agricultural development; however, large amounts of agricultural P end up in water systems, leading to eutrophication. While various nutrient cycling models capture the process of topsoil P erosion, subsoil P pathways have yet to be incorporated into many models. To better inform best management practices, my research will expand the Cycles model to account for topsoil and subsoil P cycling as well as its coupling with the hydrological model PIHM.

Contact

Dr. David Eissenstat
dme9@psu.edu