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Spatial variation of phosphorus fractions in bottom sediments and the potential contributions to eutrophication in shallow lakes

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Spatial variation of phosphorus fractions in bottom sediment, pore water and overlying water in three shallow eutrophic lakes, Nishiura, Kitaura and Sotonasakaura, Japan, and the contributions of the fractional P to mobilization of phosphorus from sediment were examined in this study. The vertical distributions of dissolved inorganic phosphorus (DIP) concentrations in overlying and pore water differed with lake and sampling site. In particular, DIP was high in pore water in the surface layer of the sediment for the middle to downlake areas of Lake Kitaura. DIP release flux calculated from a gradient of the concentrations at the sediment–water interface was high compared with other sites. The distribution of fractional P content in sediments was highly variable. The citrate–dithionite–bicarbonate–non-reactive phosphorus (CDB–NRP) fraction, in particular, differed greatly among the three lakes. According to correlation in the ratios between CDB–NRP and loss on ignition, sediments of these lakes were classified in three clusters. The CDB–NRP fraction was suggested to play a role in DIP release from sediment. The possibility of nitrate concentration playing a role in the control of DIP release was considered.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by a grant from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan. Part of this study was conducted in cooperation with “The restoration of coastal ecosystems with ecological functions of marine macrophyte beds” Project of the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan. We would like to thank all participants in the project for their discussions of this research.

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  1. Yuichi Ishii

    Present address: Environmental Biology Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan

  2. Nobuyuki Komatsu

    Present address: Fisheries Administration Division, Ibaraki Prefectural Government, Mito, Japan

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  1. Water Environmental Laboratory, Ibaraki Prefectural Kasumigaura Environmental Science Center, Tsuchiura, Japan

    Yuichi Ishii, Nobuyuki Komatsu, Keiji Watanabe & Masami Negishi

  2. Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Chiba Institute of Technology, Narashino, Japan

    Satoshi Harigae, Shiho Tanimoto & Kazuo Taki

  3. Environmental Biology Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan

    Tohru Yabe

  4. Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University, Shizuoka, Japan

    Tomohiko Yoshida

  5. Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

    Hideki Tatsumoto

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Ishii, Y., Harigae, S., Tanimoto, S. et al. Spatial variation of phosphorus fractions in bottom sediments and the potential contributions to eutrophication in shallow lakes. Limnology 11, 5–16 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10201-009-0279-3

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