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Influence of sulfate reduction on fraction and regeneration of phosphorus at sediment–water interface of urban malodorous river

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The effective control of the release of endogenous phosphorus is an urgent problem in the management of urban malodorous rivers. This research explored the fraction and regeneration of phosphorus of urban malodorous river in the context of sulfate reduction. It was found that sulfate reduction could promote sediment phosphorus release. The contents of total phosphorus (TP) and soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) in the overlying water presented a decreasing trend after the initial increase during the operation of 120 days. The phosphorus release was positively related to the input of sulfate, and the maximum values of TP and SRP (14.01 mg/L and 12.27 mg/L, respectively) in the overlying water were observed when 8 mM Na2SO4 was added. Moreover, the addition of sulfate could significantly affect the distribution of phosphorus fraction in the sediment and promote the transformation of moderately active phosphorus (NaOH-P, D. HCI-P) to more active phosphorus Resin-P), which resulted in more release of phosphorus to the overlying water. In addition, it was observed that sulfate input could increase the relative abundance of phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) and sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) from 0.69 to 1.1% and 4.92 to 9.03%, respectively.

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This work was carried out with the financial support from the National Science and Technology Major Project for Water Pollution Control and Treatment (2018ZX07208008), National Natural Science Foundation of China (41877477), and Shanghai Science and Technology Development Funds (18DZ1203806).

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Guan Linchang and Xia Zhenyu: writing—original draft preparation, investigation, and data analysis. Jin Lili: investigation, data analysis, and visualization. Xu Yiwen: investigation and data analysis. He Yan: conceptualization, writing—review and editing, project administration, and funding acquisition.

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Guan, L., Xia, Z., Jin, L. et al. Influence of sulfate reduction on fraction and regeneration of phosphorus at sediment–water interface of urban malodorous river. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 11540–11548 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-11187-z

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