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Phosphorus adsorption characteristics at the sediment–water interface and relationship with sediment properties in FUSHI reservoir, China

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This study was designed to survey the reservoir sediment properties, assess the phosphorus (P) sorption isotherm, and analyze the relationship between sediment properties and sorption parameters. Physicochemical analysis indicated that sediment from the FUSHI reservoir in Zhejiang Province, China, has similar physical and chemical properties and has been contaminated by P. Sorption isotherm experiments showed that the sorption process could be described by Langmuir and Freundlich models. The parameters of Q max (Phosphorus sorption maximum) and K (Freundlich adsorption isotherm constant) ranged from 618.98 to 825.70 mg kg−1 and 114.18 to 170.74 l kg−1, respectively. EPC0 (zero P equilibrium concentration) ranged from 0.14 to 0.24 mg l−1, more than the total P concentration in the water of the reservoir. Thus, the reservoir sediment releases P into the water and acts as a “P resource”. The clay, Feo, Alt, and Fet + Alt content were the main active components in P sorption. Q max had a highly significant positive relationship with some properties and could be estimated by a combination of these.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the project: Effect of water loss and soil erosion on FUSHI watershed environment (No. H20092404). Our warmest thanks are also expressed to Miss Colette Matthewman in the Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Aarhus University, for her assistance in the English presentation.

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  1. Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Subtropical Soil and Plant Nutrition, Key Laboratory of Polluted Environment Remediation and Ecological Health, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yu Hangtang Rd, Hangzhou, 310058, China

    Xiaoyun Wang, Liping Zhang, Hesi Zhang & Xiyuan Wu

  2. Bureaus of Water Resources, 336 Yunfeng East Rd, Anji Town, 313300, Zhejiang, China

    Daoliang Mei

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Wang, X., Zhang, L., Zhang, H. et al. Phosphorus adsorption characteristics at the sediment–water interface and relationship with sediment properties in FUSHI reservoir, China. Environ Earth Sci 67, 15–22 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-011-1476-z

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