『Abstract
　The input of phosphorus (P) through mineral aerosol dust deposition may be an important component of nutrient dynamics in tropical forest ecosystems. A new dust deposition calculation is used to construct a broad analysis of the importance of dust-derived P to the P budget of a montane wet tropical forest in the Luquillo Mountains of Puerto Rico. The dust deposition calculation used here takes advantage of an internal geochemical signal (Sr isotope mass balance) to provide a spatially integrated longer-term average dust deposition flux. Dust inputs of P (0.23±0.08 kg ha^-1 year^-1) are compared with watershed-average inputs of P to the soil through the conversion of underlying saprolite into soil (between 0.07 and 0.19 kg ha^-1 year^-1), and with watershed-average losses of soil P through leaching (between 0.02 and 0.14 kg ha^-1 year^-1) and erosion (between 0.04 and 1.38 kg ha^-1 year^-1). The similar magnitude of dust-derived P inputs to that of other fluxes indicates that dust is an important component of the soil and biomass P budget in this ecosystem. Dust-derived inputs of P alone are capable of completely replacing the total soil and biomass P pool on a timescale of between 2.8 ka and 7.0 ka, less than both the average soil residence time (〜15 ka) and the average landslide recurrence interval (〜10 ka).

Keywords: Luquillo Mountains; Dust; Nutrient cycling; Phosphorus』

Introduction
Site description
Calculation of P mass balance for the Rio Icacos watershed in the Luquillo Mountains
　Dust-derived inputs of P
　Denudation-driven inputs of P to soils (conversion of saprolite to soil)
　Losses of P from soils
　Overall P budget and turnover time
　Availability of P in soil and dust
　Temporal and spatial variability of P fluxes
　Comparison with P cycling in the Amazon and Hawaii
　Conceptual models of P depletion
Conclusions
Acknowledgments
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