Journal
JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH
Volume 42, Issue 3, Pages 565-570Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2016.03.013
Keywords
Phosphorus; Sediment; Overlying water; Adsorption; Desorption
Funding
- National Key Project for Basic Research [2012CB417004]
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Dongting Lake is a typical shallow lake in the lower Yangtze region and is the second largest freshwater lake in China. The distribution, speciation, and sediment release characteristics of phosphorus (P) were investigated by analyzing sediment and water samples collected during high and low flow periods. The average concentration (range) of total phosphorus (TP) in the water was 0.05 mg L-1 (0.02 similar to 0.09 mg L-1), while the value in sediment was 703 mg kg(-1) (466 similar to 869 mg kg(-1)). The concentrations of TP and different P forms decreased as depth increased. Inorganic phosphorus was the dominant form of P, accounting for 72% of TP. The bioavailable P was a relatively large portion of TP, indicating a high risk of P release to overlying water. The Langmuir equation can well describe the P isotherm adsorption characteristics in sediment. The amount of P desorption from sediment tended to increase with increasing concentrations of adsorbed P. (C) 2016 International Association for Great Lakes Research. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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