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This study aimed to examine and explain the spatial distribution of total phosphorus in sediments and orthophosphates in interstitial water in four Polish dam reservoirs with varying hydrological and geochemical characteristics. The results are linked to physicochemical parameters of sediments: organic matter and calcium carbonates content, pH, redox potential and conductivity.
In two of the studied reservoirs hydrological dynamics were a driving force in phosphorus circulation, despite the big difference in their mean water retention times, and interactions with Ca and Fe were of secondary importance
In other reservoirs with complicated shorelines and reservoir beds, due to water flow disturbance the hydrological impact was not as pronounced. Geochemical processes, such as precipitation of phosphorus associated with Ca+2, Fe(III) or in complexed with humic substances became more significant.
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This study aimed to examine and explain the spatial distribution of total phosphorus in sediments and orthophosphates in interstitial water in four Polish dam reservoirs with varying hydrological and geochemical characteristics. The results are linked to physicochemical parameters of sediments: organic matter and calcium carbonates content, pH, redox potential and conductivity.
In two of the studied reservoirs hydrological dynamics were a driving force in phosphorus circulation, despite the big difference in their mean water retention times, and interactions with Ca and Fe were of secondary importance
In other reservoirs with complicated shorelines and reservoir beds, due to water flow disturbance the hydrological impact was not as pronounced. Geochemical processes, such as precipitation of phosphorus associated with Ca+2, Fe(III) or in complexed with humic substances became more significant.

Phosphorus in sediments and pore waters of selected Polish dam reservoirs

Laboratory of Isotope Geology and Geoecology Institute of Geological Sciences

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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This study aimed to examine and explain the spatial distribution of total phosphorus in sediments and orthophosphates in interstitial water in four Polish dam...

Phosphorus in sediments and pore waters of selected Polish dam reservoirs

Published Online: Jun 02, 2011

Page range: 72 - 85

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-011-0018-3

Keywords
Total phosphorus, phosphate, sediments, interstitial water, dam reservoirs

© 2011 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Phosphorus in sediments and pore waters of selected Polish dam reservoirs

Published Online: Jun 02, 2011

Page range: 72 - 85

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-011-0018-3

KeywordsTotal phosphorus, phosphate, sediments, interstitial water, dam reservoirs

© 2011 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Total phosphorus, phosphate, sediments, interstitial water, dam reservoirs