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Title: | Sediment-water nutrient fluxes: Preliminary results of in situ measurements in Alfaques Bay, Ebro River Delta |
Authors: | Vidal, Montserrat; Romero Martinengo, Javier; Camp, Jordi CSIC ORCID | Keywords: | Ebro Delta Nutrient fluxes Sediment-water interactions |
Issue Date: | Jun-1989 | Publisher: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España) | Citation: | Scientia Marina 53(2-3): 505-511 (1989) | Abstract: | Sediment-water exchanges of oxygen, ammonium, nitrate, total dissolved nitrogen, phosphate and total dissolved phosphorus were measured by means of an in situ incubator of 7 1 volume and 700 cm2 base area. The incubations lasted for three hours and were done over a whole season on different kinds of sediments in Alfaques Bay. We present some preliminary results on: i) methodological aspects, ii) spatial and temporal variability of fluxes, and iii) estimates of contribution of benthic nutrient regeneration relative to total nutrient loading of the Bay. Oxygen uptake averaged 1700 mmo1 m-2 h-1 (range 200-3500); no differences were found between sandy and muddy sediments. The release of ammonia from the sediment averaged 70 mmo1 m-2 h-1 and was higher in muddy sediments than in sandy ones. Very low to null nitrate and nitrite fluxes and only small fluxes of organic nitrogen were detected. We conclude that ammonium release from sediment is the major path of nitrogen regeneration. Some sediments removed dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) from the water and released dissolved organic phosphorus (DOP). Additional manipulative experiments revealed DRP release under particular conditions (turbulence, anoxia). From these data, we estimate that at least 50% of the nitrogen requirements of phytoplankton in the area may be supplied by benthic remineralization | Description: | 7 páginas, 5 figuras, 4 tablas.-- Contribución a "Topics in marine biology, Ros J.D. (ed.) | Publisher version (URL): | http://www.icm.csic.es/scimar/index.php/secId/6/IdArt/2533/ | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/28564 | ISSN: | 0214-8358 | E-ISSN: | 1886-8134 |
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