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Sedimentation rates, nitrogen and phosphorus retentions in the largest urban Lake Donghu, China

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Sediment core samples were collected in the largest urban Lake Donghu (Stations I and II) in China, and the activities of 210Pb, 226Ra and 137Cs were measured by gamma-ray spectrometry. The sedimentation rates, calculated by 210Pb constant rate of supply (CRS) model, ranged from 0.11 to 0.65 (average 0.39) cm. y-1at Station I, and from 0.21 to 0.78 (average 0.46) cm. y-1at Station II. Sedimentation rate calculated by 137Cs as a time marker was 0.55 cm. y-1at Station II. Based on the average sedimentation rate, we obtained 769 and 147 t. y-1for nitrogen and phosphorus retentions in Lake Donghu sediments, respectively.

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  1. Donghu Experimental Station of Lake Ecosystems, State Key Laboratory for Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology of China, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, P.R. China; Beijing, 100039, P.R. China

    H. Yang

  2. Institute of the Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, P.R. China

    C. Yi

  3. Donghu Experimental Station of Lake Ecosystems, State Key Laboratory for Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology of China, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, P.R. China

    P. Xie

  4. Donghu Experimental Station of Lake Ecosystems, State Key Laboratory for Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology of China, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, P.R. China; Beijing, 100039, P.R. China

    Y. Xing

  5. Donghu Experimental Station of Lake Ecosystems, State Key Laboratory for Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology of China, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, P.R. China

    L. Ni

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Yang, H., Yi, C., Xie, P. et al. Sedimentation rates, nitrogen and phosphorus retentions in the largest urban Lake Donghu, China. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 267, 205–208 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-006-0028-6

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