User:MitchKrings/Phosphorus cycle/Bibliography

I'm planning on writing two paragraphs. One will focus on ocean eutrophication and how the phosphorus cycle plays a role. The other will focus on how much humans have perturbed the phosphorus cycle.

- Used to describe where in the phosphorus cycle the elements is coming from which causes eutrophication in oceans

- Gives some quantification about how much humans have added phosphorus to soil and ocean ecosystems

and - Gives two examples of where major eutrophication through phytoplankton bombs have occurred, that being in the Gulf of Mexico and the Baltic Sea respecitvely.

- Explains why this could be a problem as it points out that when waters become hypoxic (such as when an algal bloom occurs) they have a tendency to create a positive feedback loop with the phosphorus leading to more phosphorus release and thus more eutrophication.

- Shows what current research is focusing on in an effort to curtail some of this eutrophication through the use of microorganisms that can store phosphorus and keep it away from the phytoplankton causing the eutrophication.

- This focuses on where most of the phosphorus that has come from anthropogenic sources is derived from, that being mining of phosphate containing rocks.

- Gives the total amount of phosphorus that has been mined since 1840 to give some quantification to how much humans have impacted the environment.

- Gives analysis of how much phosphorus has been mined over the years globally.

.- Explains why the phosphorus is being mined and why it could be problematic for the future of the phosphorus cycle.

- Gives another example of microorganisms that can possibly help mitigate the problems with the phosphorus cycle and humans perturbations about it.

- Focuses on the possible implications of the anthropogenic effects humans have had on the phosphorus cycle and food security.