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Animal Volatilization
manures
and biosolids Plant
residues
Runoff and
Biological erosion
fixation by
legume plants Plant
uptake
Denitrification
Organic
nitrogen
Nitrate
Ammonium (NO-3)
(NH+4)
Leaching
Component Input to soil Loss from soil
Runoff and
Primary
Organic phosphorus erosion
minerals
•Microbial Plant (apatite) Mineral
•Plant residue uptake surfaces
•Humus (clays, Fe and
Al oxides,
carbonates)
Soil solution
phosphorus
Secondary
•HPO4-2
compounds
Leaching •H2PO4-1
(CaP, FeP, MnP, AlP)
(usually minor)
Component Input to soil Loss from soil
Mineral
fertilizers
Runoff and
erosion
Plant Exchangeable
uptake potassium
Soil solution
potassium (K+)
Fixed
Mineral
Leaching potassium
potassium
Component Input to soil Loss from soil
Mineral
fertilizers
Plant
Animal
residues
manures
and biosolids
Elemental Runoff and
sulfur erosion
Absorbed or Plant
mineral sulfur uptake