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About the event

Organic Phosphorus in the Environment:  Solutions for Phosphorus Security

Following on from the successful meeting held in Panama in 2013, we are delighted to announce a follow-on workshop for soil, water, plant and environmental scientists to come together to study and share ideas and innovation on the subject of “Organic Phosphorus in the Environment:  Solutions for Phosphorus Security”.

All academics and students involved in organic phosphorus research are welcome to join us on this constructive workshop, aimed at integrating, learning and planning collaborative frontier science that will help address the main challenges in this field. Understanding and quantifying the relative importance of organic phosphorus in the global phosphorus cycle requires exploration on multiple research fronts. Aspects such as speciation methods, ecological stoichiometry, bioavailability, abiotic stabilization, transfers from terrestrial into aquatic ecosystems, chemical lability and mobility, trophic interactions, microbial ecology and biochemistry of the degradation of specific compounds are some of the areas covered in this event.

This one week event will be split between keynote addresses, oral and poster presentations and break-out group discussions. Multiple opportunities for social and outside activities will be available. As outputs from this event we expect to produce the workshop proceedings, a special issue and a “road-map” for organic P research to be published as an opinion article. 

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Daniel Blackburn

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