Interference by Iron in the Determination of Boron by ICP-OES in Mehlich-III Extracts and Total Element Digests of Tropical Forest Soils

References

• Andersen, K. M., B. L. Turner, and J. W. Dalling. 2010. Soil-based habitat partitioning in understorey palms in lower montane tropical forests. Journal of Biogeography 37:278–92. doi:10.1111/jbi.2010.37.issue-2.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Berger, K. C., and E. Troug. 1939. Boron determination in soils and plants using the quinalizarin reaction. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 11:540–45.
   Google Scholar
• Berger, K. C., and E. Truog. 1944. Boron tests and determination for soils and plants. Soil Science 57:25–36. doi:10.1097/00010694-194401000-00003.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Condit, R., S. Aguilar, A. Hernandez, R. Perez, S. Lao, G. Angehr, S. P. Hubbell, and R. B. Foster. 2004. Tropical forest dynamics across a rainfall gradient and the impact of an El Niño dry season. Journal of Tropical Ecology 20:51–72. doi:10.1017/S0266467403001081.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Condit, R., B. M. J. Engelbrecht, D. Pino, R. Pérez, and B. L. Turner. 2013. Species distributions in response to individual soil nutrients and seasonal drought across a community of tropical trees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110:5064–68. doi:10.1073/pnas.1218042110.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Engelbrecht, B. M. J., L. S. Comita, R. Condit, T. A. Kursar, M. T. Tyree, B. L. Turner, and S. Hubbell. 2007. Drought sensitivity shapes species distribution patterns in tropical forests. Nature 447:80–82. doi:10.1038/nature05747.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harms, K. E., S. J. Wright, O. Calderon, A. Hernandez, and E. A. Herre. 2000. Pervasive density-dependent recruitment enhances seedling diversity in a tropical forest. Nature 404:493–95. doi:10.1038/35006630.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jeffrey, A. J., and L. E. McCallum. 1988. Investigation of a hot 0.01 M CaCl2 soil boron extraction procedure followed by ICP-AES analysis. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 19:663–73. doi:10.1080/00103628809367966.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• John, R., J. W. Dalling, K. E. Harms, J. B. Yavitt, R. F. Stallard, M. Mirabello, S. P. Hubbell, R. Valencia, H. Navarrete, M. Vallejo, and R. B. Foster. 2007. Soil nutrients influence spatial distributions of tropical tree species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 104:864–69. doi:10.1073/pnas.0604666104.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Keren, R. 1996. Chapter 21: Boron. In Methods of soil analysis, part 3–chemical methods, ed. D. L. Sparks et al., 603–26. Madison, WI: Soil Science Society of America.
   Google Scholar
• Li-qiang, X., and R. Zhu. 1986. Determination of boron in soils by sequential scanning ICP-AES using side line indexing method. Fresenius’ Zeitschrift Für Analytische Chemie 325:534–38. doi:10.1007/BF00635682.
   Google Scholar
• Marschner, H. 2006. Mineral nutrition of higher plants, 2nd ed. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
   Google Scholar
• Mehlich, A. 1984. Mehlich 3 soil test extractant: A modification of Mehlich 2 extractant. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 15:1409–16. doi:10.1080/00103628409367568.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nable, R. O., G. S. Bañuelos, and J. G. Paull. 1997. Boron toxicity. Plant and Soil 193:181–98. doi:10.1023/A:1004272227886.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pyke, C. R., R. Condit, S. Aguilar, and S. Lao. 2001. Floristic composition across a climatic gradient in a neotropical lowland forest. Journal of Vegetation Science 12:553–66. doi:10.2307/3237007.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Redd, S. A., A. K. Shiffler, V. D. Jolley, B. L. Webb, and V. A. Haby. 2008. Mehlich 3 extraction of boron in boron treated soils as compared to other extractants. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 39:1245–59. doi:10.1080/00103620801925968.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sah, R. N., and P. H. Brown. 1997. Boron determination—A review of analytical methods. Microchemical Journal 56:285–304. doi:10.1006/mchj.1997.1428.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sayer, E. J., S. J. Wright, E. V. J. Tanner, J. B. Yavitt, K. E. Harms, J. S. Powers, M. Kaspari, M. N. Garcia, and B. L. Turner. 2012. Variable responses of lowland tropical forest nutrient status to fertilization and litter manipulation. Ecosystems 15:387–400. doi:10.1007/s10021-011-9516-9.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shorrocks, V. 1997. The occurrence and correction of boron deficiency. Plant and Soil 193:121–48. doi:10.1023/A:1004216126069.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shuman, L. M., V. A. Bandel, S. J. Donohue, R. A. Isaac, R. M. Lippert, J. T. Sims, and M. R. Tucker. 1992. Comparison of mehlich‐1 and mehlich‐3 extractable soil boron with hot‐water extractable boron. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 23:1–14. doi:10.1080/00103629209368565.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sims, J. T. 1989. Comparison of Mehlich 1 and Mehlich 3 extractants for P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Cu and Zn in Atlantic Coastal Plain soils. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 20:1707–26. doi:10.1080/00103628909368178.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Steidinger, B. 2015. Qualitative differences in tree species distributions along soil chemical gradients give clues to the mechanisms of specialization: Why boron may be the most important soil nutrient at Barro Colorado island. New Phytologist 206:895–99. doi:10.1111/nph.2015.206.issue-3.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Taber, H. G. 2004. Boron analysis of Mehlich no. 3 extractant with modified inductive coupled argon plasma techniques to eliminate iron interference. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 35:2957–63. doi:10.1081/CSS-200036509.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Turner, B. L., and B. M. J. Engelbrecht. 2011. Soil organic phosphorus in lowland tropical rain forests. Biogeochemistry 103:297–315. doi:10.1007/s10533-010-9466-x.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Turner, B. L., J. B. Yavitt, K. E. Harms, M. N. Garcia, T. E. Romero, and S. J. Wright. 2013. Seasonal changes and treatment effects on soil inorganic nutrients following a decade of fertilization in a lowland tropical forest. Soil Science Society of America Journal 77:1357−1369.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Vincent, A. G., B. L. Turner, and E. V. J. Tanner. 2010. Soil organic phosphorus dynamics following perturbation of litter cycling in a tropical moist forest. European Journal of Soil Science 61:48–57. doi:10.1111/ejs.2010.61.issue-1.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wright, S. J., and O. Calderón. 2006. Seasonal, El Niño and longer term changes in flower and seed production in a moist tropical forest. Ecology Letters 9:35–44.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wright, S. J., C. Carrasco, O. Calderón, and S. Paton. 1999. The El Niño southern oscillation, variable fruit production, and famine in a tropical forest. Ecology 80:1632–47.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wright, S. J., A. Trakhtenbrot, G. Bohrer, M. Detto, G. G. Katul, N. Horvitz, H. C. Muller-Landau, F. A. Jones, and R. Nathan. 2008. Understanding strategies for seed dispersal by wind under contrasting atmospheric conditions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105:19084–89. doi:10.1073/pnas.0802697105.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wright, S. J., J. B. Yavitt, N. Wurzburger, B. L. Turner, E. V. J. Tanner, E. J. Sayer, L. S. Santiago, M. Kaspari, L. O. Hedin, K. E. Harms, M. N. Garcia, and M. D. Corre. 2011. Potassium, phosphorus or nitrogen limit root allocation, tree growth and litter production in a lowland tropical forest. Ecology 92:1616–25. doi:10.1890/10-1558.1.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yavitt, J. B., K. E. Harms, M. N. Garcia, M. J. Mirabello, and S. J. Wright. 2011. Soil fertility and fine root dynamics in response to 4 years of nutrient (N, P, K) fertilization in a lowland tropical moist forest, Panama. Austral Ecology 36:433–45. doi:10.1111/aec.2011.36.issue-4.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar