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Nitrate as a Catalyst for Phosphorus Mobilization in Sediments

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Sediments and Water Interactions

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The influence of nitrate on anaerobic phosphorus release from lake sediments was studied in laboratory experiments. There was a clear positive correlation between nitrate concentration and the rate at which phosphorus was transformed from particulate to dissolved form. The use of 32P-labelled compounds confirmed that particulate iron-phosphorus associates were the origin of dissolved phosphorus. A possible explanation for the stimulating effect of nitrate on phosphorus release is that nitrate increases the activity of nitrate reducing bacteria, which (after the exhaustion of nitrate) utilize iron as an electron acceptor. This should cause iron and phosphorus to be released.

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  1. Mats Jansson
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  1. National Water Research Institute, Canada Centre for Inland Waters (CCIW), L7R 4A6, Burlington, Ontario, Canada

    Peter G. Sly

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Jansson, M. (1986). Nitrate as a Catalyst for Phosphorus Mobilization in Sediments. In: Sly, P.G. (eds) Sediments and Water Interactions. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4932-0_33

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