Most common isotopes: Phosphorus-31 (100 percent natural abundance) (Image credit: Greg Robson/Creative Commons, Andrei Marincas Shutterstock ) Element of light ...

Inorganic phosphorus is the simplest form and most readily accessible to soil microorganisms and plants. Organic phosphorus compounds are much more complex, making them difficult to identify and track ...

They are exploring using oxygen isotopes to discriminate and track the sources of phosphorus compounds. ... one of the most common commercial herbicides used for agricultural and urban ...

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.By analysing ...