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The sediments

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Lake Mcilwaine

Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae ((MOBI,volume 49))

Abstract

Numerous studies of nutrient cycling in temperate lakes have shown the importance of the sediments as a source and/or sink of nitrogen and phosphorus (Golterman, 1977a). Previous investigations of Lake McIlwaine have also suggested the existence of a sediment source/sink of nutrients in that lake (Falconer et al., 1970; Marshall and Falconer, 1973), and calculations presented by Robarts and Ward (1978) have suggested that internal nutrient loading from this source might be considerable. More recently, Thornton (1979, 1980) has shown that sediment-water exchange processes do in fact have a significant effect on the lake nutrient budget (see J. A. Thornton and W. K. Nduku, this volume), but that the sediments act predominantly as a nutrient sink. This sink is shown in the high sediment nutrient concentrations measured by Nduku (1976).

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  1. Limnology Division, National Institute for Water Research, CSIR, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria, 0001, Republic of South Africa

    Jeffrey A. Thornton

  2. Department of National Parks and Wild Life Management, P.O. Box 8365, Causeway, Salisbury, Zimbabwe

    W. K. Nduku (Deputy Director) (Deputy Director)

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Chikwanha, R., Nduku, W.K., Thornton, J.A. (1982). The sediments. In: Thornton, J.A., Nduku, W.K. (eds) Lake Mcilwaine. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 49. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7983-3_6

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