The application of a laboratory apparatus for the study of nutrient fluxes between sediment and water |
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Authors: | Schroeder F Klages F Blöcker G Vajen-Finnern H Knauth H -D |
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Institution: | (1) GKSS Research Centre, Institute of Chemistry, Max Planck Str. 1, D-2054 Geesthacht, Germany |
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Abstract: | Sediments of the river Elbe estuary have been studied to assess their impact on the total nitrogen budget of the estuary. A new laboratory incubation apparatus was used to provide a means of regulating important parameters such as temperature and oxygen concentrations. With this apparatus sediment cores from a typical shallow water area with high organic carbon content were incubated under varying oxygen concentrations in the overlying water. Measurements of ammonium, nitrite, nitrate and nitrous oxide in the water phase were carried out and the fluxes between sediment and water phase calculated. During aerobic conditions in the water phase overall nitrate fluxes between + 4 and –3.5 mmol Nm–2d–1 across the sediment/water interface were observed. Under anaerobic conditions the fluxes increased up to –10 mmol Nm–2 d–1. Nitrous oxide was formed within the sediment under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Fluxes into the water phase were highest when the oxygen concentrations in the water phase were low (between 0.1 and 0.6 mg l–1). |
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Keywords: | nutrients fluxes estuaries sediment nitrification denitrification N2O |
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