Journal
BIOGEOCHEMISTRY
Volume 119, Issue 1-3, Pages 361-370Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-014-9972-3
Keywords
Phosphorus turnover; Sediment; DNA; Phospholipids; Erken; Annsjon
Funding
- Stiftelsen Lantbruksforskning
- SLF (Swedish Farmers' Foundation for Agricultural Research)
- Olsson-Borghs foundation
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Identifying and quantifying the forms of phosphorus (P) in lake sediments is a prerequisite for understanding lake trophic status and possible exports of P downstream. Organic P is one of the most important P forms found in the sediment, where orthophosphate diesters, including DNA and phospholipids, represent a degradable P pool that can support primary production and eutrophication. In this study, sediment cores from the eutrophic Lake Erken and the oligotrophic Lake nnsjon, both in steady state regarding long-term P input revealed trends in the degradation of DNA-P and PL-P with sediment depth. Comparisons were performed based on the differentiation of essentially permanent or recalcitrant P and temporary, potentially mobile P for the respective fractions. The temporary P pool was defined as the part of the total P pool calculated for values higher than the level at which the measured P concentration converged to a constant value and the recalcitrant pool was defined as the difference between the total and the temporary. The temporary diester-P pool comprised over 20 % of the total temporary P in Lake Erken and around 4 % in Lake nnsjon. The decrease in P concentrations with depth was more rapid for DNA-P compared to PL-P in both lakes, suggesting that DNA-P has a more prominent role in internal loading. The study shows that P mobilization potential can be different for different P fractions, which is important when assessing their contribution to internal loading of P within an aquatic system.
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