Plants need phosphorus, an essential nutrient, to grow. This nutrient is present in fertilizers and applied to crops to increase their yields. One downside of too much phosphorus in this agricultural ...

Journal of Environmental Management (2023). [3] Tracing phosphorus sources in the river-lake system using the oxygen isotope of phosphate. The Science of The Total Environment (2024).

Phosphorus is commonly found in many organic compounds, for example in biological membranes or DNA. The 31P nucleus has a 100% natural isotopic abundance and a large chemical shift range, making it ...

Plants need phosphorus, an essential nutrient, to grow. This nutrient is present in fertilizers and applied to crops to increase their yields.

Most of the isotopes have been used as “tracers.” Radioactive phosphorus, for instance, has exactly the same chemical properties as ordinary phosphorus.

The oxygen isotope composition of phosphate (δ 18 O p) offers a powerful tracer for elucidating the complex pathways of phosphorus cycling in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.