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Manganese cycling in a eutrophic lake — Rates and pathways

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The redox processes regulating transport of Mn in the water column of a eutrophic, dimictic lake (Lake Norrviken, Sweden) are interpreted based on a one-dimensional diffusion-reaction model for Mn(II). It is found that rates and rate constants for oxidation and reduction vary greatly with depth and also with time during the season of stratification. Calculated rates show that Mn(II) oxidation and reduction generally occur in narrow depth intervals (25–50 cm). This is in good agreement with measured profiles of particulate Mn (MnO x ). Maximum oxidation rate constants (assuming first order kinetics) at each date are in the first half of the season <1 d−1, but then increases to a rather constant value of about 25 d−1. These high rate constants are indicative of microbiological involvement in the Mn(II) oxidation. This is further evidenced by SEM-EDS analysis showing Mn enriched particles morphologically similar toMetallogenium. Reductive dissolution of Mn oxides occurs mainly in the zone just below the zone of maximum oxidation rate. The release of Mn(II) is accompanied by production of alkalinity and ΣCO2. The relation between production rates of Mn(II) and alkalinity indicates that Mn oxides act as terminal electron acceptors in the bacterially mediated oxidation of organic matter. However, the ΔMn2+/ΔΣCO2 ratio is significantly lower than what is expected from this process. It is suggested that the Mn reduction is coupled to fermentation. Close coexistence of Mn reduction and oxidation at high rates, such as found in the water column of this lake, facilitates rapid and continuous regeneration of reducible Mn oxides. This gives rise to a quantitatively important mechanism of organic matter oxidation in the water column.

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Sternbeck, J. Manganese cycling in a eutrophic lake — Rates and pathways. Aquat Geochem 1, 399–426 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00702741

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