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Phosphate-mineral interactions and potential consequences for nutrient cycling

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Oates, Richard Hunter
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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William Martin.
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Abstract
Biogeochemical cycling of phosphate is a key component in the overall production rate of coastal ecosystems. Mineral phases in the near-shore sediments play a significant role in the return of phosphate remineralized in the upper sediments to the water column. Sequential Extraction (SEDEX) of the solid-phase associated P04-3 yielded reservoir profiles of phosphate at three sites off of the Massachusetts coast. These extractions found Fe-associated P04 to be the dominant phase associated with rapid porewater-solid P exchange. Additionally, a seasonal enrichment/depletion pattern of phosphate fluxes relative to total carbon was observed from the sediments. These observations established the behavior of phosphate in coastal sediments as interconnected with the ongoing Fe-cycling in the sediments as well.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Joint Program in Oceanography (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2008.
 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-47).
 
Date issued
2008
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45702
Department
Joint Program in Oceanography; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Joint Program in Oceanography., Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences., Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

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