Abstract
This paper reports an experiment to estimate the amounts of phosphorus in lake sediment that may be available to phytoplankton. It is known that sediment can continue to maintain a polluted lake in an eutrophic condition (Bjork et al., 1972; Bengtsson et al., 1975). This is obviously an important issue when decisions are to be made about the diversion of sewage or other external sources of phosphorus to lakes.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Bengtsson, L., Fleischer, S., Lindmark, G. and Ripl, W., 1975. Lake Trummen restoration project. 1. Water and sediment Chemistry. Verh. Int. Verein. Theor. Angew. Limnol., 19: 1080–1087.
Björk, S., Bengtsson, L., Berggren, H., Cronberg, G., Digerfeldt, G., Fleischer, S., Gelin, C., Lindmark, G., Malmer, N., Plejmark, F., Ripl, W. and Swanberg, P.O., 1972. Ecosystem studies in connection with the restoration of lakes. Verh. Int. Verin. Theor. Angew. Limnol., 18: 379–387.
Cullen, P., Rosich, R.S. and Bek, P., 1978. A Phosphorus Budget for Lake Burley Griffin and Management Implications for Urban Lakes. Aust. Water Resour. Counc. Tech. Pap. No. 31. Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 240 pp.
E.P.A., 1971. Algal Assay Procedure — Bottle Test. National Eutrophication Research Program, US Environmental Protection Agency, August.
Golterman, H.L., Bakels, C.S. and Jakobs-Mogelin, J., 1969. Availability of mud phosphates for the growth of algae. Verh. Int. Verein. Theor. Angew. Limnol., 17: 467–469.
Hayes, F.R. and Phillips, J.E., 1958. IV. Radiophosphorus equilibrium with mud, plants, and bacteria under oxidized and reduced conditions. Limnol. Oceanogr., 3: 459–475.
Lean, D.R.S., Charlton, M.N., Burnison, B.K., Murphy, T.P., Millard, S.E. and Young, K.R., 1975. Phosphorus changes in ecosystem metabolism from reduced loading. Verh. Int. Verein. Theor. Angew. Limnol., 19: 249–257.
Mortimer, C.H., 1941. The exchange of dissolved substances between mud and water in lakes. J. Ecol., 29: 280–329.
Mortimer, C.H., 1942. The exchange of dissolved substances between mud and water in lakes. J. Ecol., 30: 147–201.
Pomeroy, L.R., Smith, E.E. and Grant, C.M., 1965. The exchange of phosphate between estuarine waters and sediments. Limnol. Oceanogr., 10: 167–172.
Rosich, R.S. and Cullen, P., 1980. Lake sediments: chemical composition and some aspects of their formation and diagenesis. This volume, pp. 105–115.
Sagher, A., 1974. Microbial availability of phosphorus in lake sediments. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Stumm, W., 1975. Man’s acceleration of hydrogeochemical cycling of phosphorus: Eutrophication of inland and coastal waters. Water Pollution Control, 124–133.
Stumm, W. and Morgan, J.J., 1970. Aquatic Chemistry. John Wiley and Sons, NY, 583 pp.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1980 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Rosich, R.S., Cullen, P. (1980). Lake Sediments: Algal Availability of Lake Burley Griffin Sediment Phosphorus. In: Biogeochemistry of Ancient and Modern Environments. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-26582-6_12
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-26582-6_12
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-0-85847-062-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-662-26582-6
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive