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After a reduction of the external loading, a release of phosphorus from the sediments may delay the response of the phosphorus concentration on the reduction of the loading. Therefore, it is important to quantify this internal loading. One approach is the measurement of the flux in the laboratory. A completely different approach is to quantify the availability of the sediment phosphorus to support algal growth by bioassays or selective extractions. Comparisons between selective extractions and bioassays usually reveal that the two methods are incompatible.
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Boers, P., van der Does, J. (1993). How to quantify the impact of internal phosphorus loading on the phosporus concentration in shallow lakes?. In: Boers, P.C.M., Cappenberg, T.E., van Raaphorst, W. (eds) Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Phosphorus in Sediments. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 84. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1598-8_46
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