Articles | Volume 7, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-53-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-7-53-2021
Original research article
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15 Mar 2021
Original research article |  | 15 Mar 2021

Particulate macronutrient exports from tropical African montane catchments point to the impoverishment of agricultural soils

Jaqueline Stenfert Kroese, John N. Quinton, Suzanne R. Jacobs, Lutz Breuer, and Mariana C. Rufino

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Particulate macronutrient concentrations were up to 3-fold higher in a natural forest catchment compared to fertilized agricultural catchments. Although the particulate macronutrient concentrations were lower in the smallholder agriculture catchment, because of higher sediment loads from that catchment, the total particulate macronutrient loads were higher. Land management practices should be focused on agricultural land to reduce the loss of soil carbon and nutrients to the stream.