Persson, Gunnar
- Institutionen för vatten och miljö, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Sammanfattning
Riverine phosphorus (P) concentration and P-transport to Lake Malaren, the third largest lake in Sweden, has been monitored for 35 years in 12 major tributaries. During a period of 15 months, complementary assessments of particulate P, suspended matter and dissolved reactive P were made. Particulate P comprised 64%, dissolved unreactive P 23% and dissolved reactive P 13% as flow-weighted means, with high seasonal variability. "Background" or "reference" P-transports in the streams were estimated by different methods and the anthropogenic contribution to transport was shown to be reduced over time. Potential algal availability of particulate P showed a mean availability of c. 45% for water draining arable and forested land, while the availability was higher for sewage discharge particulate P and algal P. Calculated total bioavailable P in tributaries was shown to equal reactive P measured on coarsely filtered water and it was indicated that the proportion of bioavailable P was higher during the period with high anthropogenic P-contribution than with a lower contribution.
Publicerad i
AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment
2001, volym: 30, nummer: 8, sidor: 486-495
SLU författare
UKÄ forskningsämne
Miljövetenskap
Oceanografi, hydrologi, vattenresurser
Publikationens identifierare
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1579/0044-7447-30.8.486
Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/131604