Phosphorus and Iron Retention in Sediments Measured by Mass Budget Calculations and Directly
- 1 October 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
- Vol. 40 (10) , 1589-1597
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f83-184
Abstract
Retention of P and Fe was estimated from mass budget calculations of Bob Lake, Ontario [Canada]. Ratios of Fe to P in sediment cores were used to test the reliability of the concurrent retention estimated. A 300% range in Fe to P ratios measured in vertical profiles in sediments was many times larger than the uncertainty associated with mass budget measurements. Sediment cores showed a near-surface maximum of Fe but not P. For P retention, mass budget computation agreed reasonably well with sediment accumulation methods, though the latter were slightly higher.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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