Abstract
Phosphorus can occur in sediments in different forms and accordingly its availability varies. The distinction between the phosphorus fractions is made with two chemical extraction methods; an ammonium oxalate-oxalic acid extraction and an extraction according to Hieltjes & Lijklema (1980).
The iron and aluminum liberated with the ammonium oxalate-oxalic acid extraction method is linearly correlated (r 2 = 0.73) with the phosphorus liberated in the first two steps of the Hieltjes and Lijklema extraction by: P = 0.035 (Fe + Al) + 0.001 (P, Fe and Al in mmol g−1).
The iron and aluminum (hydr)oxides are very important fractions in the sediment adsorption capacity for phosphorus. The phosphorus sorption capacity (PSC) is 0.080 mol P (mol (Fe + Al))−1 and the adsorption constant (k) is 11.9 µmol P l−1. Here it is assumed that iron and aluminum (hydr)oxide have the same affinity for phosphorus.
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Danen-Louwerse, H., Lijklema, L. & Coenraats, M. Iron content of sediment and phosphate adsorption properties. Hydrobiologia 253, 311–317 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00050751
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