Characteristics of phosphorus sorption at the sediment–water interface in Dongting Lake, a Yangtze-connected lake

Hydrology Research

Hongwei Du¹  Zhuoma Yangmao²  Xia Jiang²  Wei Huang²  Ting Wang²  Kun Wang²  Shuhang Wang² 

[1] Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control Center, South China Institute of Environmental Science, Guangzhou 510655, China;State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China E-mail: [e-mail];

关键词: kinetics;    modified models;    phosphorus;    sediment;    sorption;   

DOI  :  10.2166/nh.2016.206

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Phosphorus in sediments plays an important role in lake eutrophication. This study investigated the phosphorus sorption characteristics of sediments in a river-connected lake and identified the phosphorus source or sink areas in the lake. Sediment samples with different physicochemical characteristics were collected in 2011 and 2013 from Dongting Lake, which is connected to the world's third longest river, the Yangtze. Batch incubation experiments were conducted to determine the phosphorus sorption characteristics of the sediment samples. The sediment sample from Luzui (D3) exhibited the highest sorption capacity in 2013 (0.75 mg g−1) because of its large proportion of fine particles (<63 μm). Results of sorption isotherms illustrated that the modified Langmuir model can effectively describe the sorption isotherms (R2 > 0.91). The calculated results (equilibrium phosphorus concentration, 0.025–0.032 mg L−1) indicated that the estuary from Dongting Lake to the Yangtze River (D1) served as a phosphorus sink because of the large proportion of fine particles and low total phosphorus content in the sediments. The east Dongting Lake (D2 and D3) with a high phosphorus concentration served as a phosphorus source. Yugong Miao (D4) and Nanzui (D5) had a low phosphorus concentration in water because of their location and flow field, respectively.

【 授权许可】

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