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    Abstract - Issue Sep Supplement 2009, 30 (5)                                     Back


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Seasonal and vertical distributions of porewater phosphorus and iron

concentrations in a macrophyte-dominated eutrophic lake

 

Serap Pulatsu* and Akasya Topcu

Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries - 06110, Ankara, Turkey

(Received: March 03, 2008; Revised received: July 29, 2008; Accepted: August 20, 2008)

 

Abstract: In this study, variations in total dissolved phosphorus (TDP), soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) and total iron (TFe) concentrations and pH values in the littoral sediment porewater of macrophyte-dominated eutrophic Mogan Lake (Turkey), were determined depth wise? (0-20 cm, on a basis of 5 cm depths) over a period of eleven months. Additionally, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, redox potential, TDP, SRP and TFe levels in the overlying water were measured. Especially in the spring and summer months constituting a large portion of the research period, seasonal variation of SRP at depths between 0-5 cm and 15-20 cm were not found to be statistically significant (p>0.01). However, in the fall and winter months, surface sediment (0-5 cm) SRP values were elevated in comparison with deeper sediment depths. As for TFe values, no clear seasonal variation was evident at different depths. Due to the fact that TFe concentrations in the overlying water (101.25-511.67 mg.m-3) were lower than iron concentrations in the porewater? (104.00-783.00 mg.m-3), positive phosphorus release remained at low levels. In this eutrophic lake, in which action is continuing to reduce the external phosphorus load, monitoring SRP variations in the overlying water and porewater would be beneficial.

Key words: Phosphorus, Iron, Porewater, Littoral sediment, Overlying water

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