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Phosphorus in the Everglades and Its Effects on Oxidation-Reduction Dynamics

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Nutrient enrichment—particularly with respect to phosphorus—has long been a major concern in the Everglades (see Chap. 2, Volume I). This perturbation is of keen interest with respect to the Everglades mercury (Hg) problem because the biogeochemical cycling of Hg in aquatic ecosystems is intrinsically linked to trophic state through multiple pathways, including the effects of nutrient status on food web structure and dynamics, in situ particle production, and redox dynamics in surficial sediments (see Fig. 1.1, Chap. 1, this volume). As a result, decision makers charged with the responsibility of restoring the Everglades must also consider the resultant impacts of management strategies on not just trophic state dynamics, but also the linked effects of those strategies on Hg biogeochemical cycling and trophic transfer. This chapter thus reviews phosphorus enrichment in the Everglades and its effects on Hg biogeochemical cycling, including its effects on methyl mercury production related to perturbations in redox dynamics in particular.

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    For example, the likely depth of surficial sediments actively involved in exchanging and methylating Hg is perhaps on the order of several centimeters (see Chap. 3, Volume III) while bioturbation can result in exchange depths approximating 10 cm in lacustrine and estuarine sediments for other constituents, including nutrients (Teal et al. 2008). If we assume an average sediment burial rate of 2.33 mm/year for relatively undisturbed sites in the Everglades (Craft and Richardson 1993), these values equate to sediment nutrient turnover rates as long as ~40 years.

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Phelps, S.A., Osborne, T.Z. (2019). Phosphorus in the Everglades and Its Effects on Oxidation-Reduction Dynamics. In: Rumbold, D., Pollman, C., Axelrad, D. (eds) Mercury and the Everglades. A Synthesis and Model for Complex Ecosystem Restoration. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32057-7_5

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