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Experimental study on phosphorus release from sediment with fresh-water snail (Bellamya aeruginosa) bioturbation in eutrophic lakes

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Abstract

Purpose

To study the effects of snail (Bellamya aeruginosa) bioturbation on phosphorus (P) mobility in sediment and the relevant mechanisms behind them.

Materials and method

A microcosm simulation experiment was carried out at millimeter resolution with an 89 days culture of homogeneous sediments. High-resolution dialysis (HR-Peeper) and diffusive gradient in thin films (DGT) techniques were utilized to simultaneously acquire the vertical distribution of soluble and labile P/iron (Fe) in bioturbation sediments.

Results and discussion

Snail bioturbation significantly enhanced soluble reactive P (SRP) and labile P concentrations, with the maximum increment to 306% and 1133% of the control sediments within the influence depths from 0 to − 30 mm and to − 20 mm, respectively. The P fluxes released from the sediment–water interfaces in snail treatments were correspondingly enhanced with the maximum increments to 218% of the control. Also, snail bioturbation significantly enhanced the soluble Fe(II) and labile Fe concentrations by maximum increment of 218% and 199% of the control within 0 to −24 mm and − 19 mm, respectively.

Conclusions

The high correlation between soluble/labile P and Fe suggested that P release from the sediment under snail bioturbation was due to the reduction and dissolution of Fe(III) oxyhydroxide.

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Acknowledgements

This study has been supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (grant numbers 2016YFA0601501), National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers 41830863, 41330854, 41701568), and State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering (grant number 2017490211, 2018nkms01).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute, Nanjing, 210029, People’s Republic of China

    Yanqing Yang, Jianyun Zhang, Guoqing Wang, Musong Chen & Xiongpeng Tang

  2. Research Center for Climate Change, Ministry of Water Resources, Nanjing, 210029, People’s Republic of China

    Yanqing Yang, Jianyun Zhang, Guoqing Wang & Xiongpeng Tang

  3. College of Water Resources & Hydropower, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, People’s Republic of China

    Yanqing Yang

  4. College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, Nanjing, 210098, People’s Republic of China

    Ling Liu & Yi Zhang

  5. State Key Laboratory of Lake Science and Environment, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, People’s Republic of China

    Musong Chen

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Yang, Y., Zhang, J., Liu, L. et al. Experimental study on phosphorus release from sediment with fresh-water snail (Bellamya aeruginosa) bioturbation in eutrophic lakes. J Soils Sediments 20, 2526–2536 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-020-02614-2

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