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    Diet and histophysiology of the alimentary canal of Lumbricillus lineatus (Oligochaeta, Enchytraeidae) (1984)
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    Hydrobiologia 115 (1984), S. 71-81 
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    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: aquatic Oligochaeta ; nutrition ; sediment ; histophysiology
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Lumbricillus lineatus selectively ingests masses of organic and inorganic interstitial particles from a sand-clay substratum in the upper littoral zone. Particle-masses are ingested, passed along the esophagus and into the anterior intestine where the pH becomes acid. A- and C-esterases, acid β-galactosidase, acid phosphatase and β-N-acetylglucosaminidase are present in the epithelium, while the rotating food masses are surrounded by a membrane of sulphated, acid glycoprotein. These enzymes, with the exception of acid phosphatase and the addition of aminopeptidase M, are also present in the epithelia of the mid and posterior intestinal regions where the pH is alkaline. The cells in the ventral wall of the mid intestinal region contain high concentrations of alkaline phosphatase, acid β-galactosidase and β-N-acetylglucosaminidase. The food consists of absorbed organics and bacteria with absorption and intracellular digestion occurring along the intestine, particularly in the mid ventral region.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00027896
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    Variable effects of sediment addition on stream benthos (1981)
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    Hydrobiologia 79 (1981), S. 187-194 
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    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: sediment ; invertebrates ; benthos ; stream
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Two upper Piedmont streams were studied to determine the effects of road construction, especially sediment inputs. Benthic macroinvertebrate data suggest that the stream community responded to sediment additions in two different ways. Under high flow conditions the benthic fauna occurs mainly on rocky substrates. As sediment is added to a stream the area of available rock habitat decreases, with a corresponding decrease in benthic density. There is, however, little change in community structure. Under low flow conditions, stable-sand areas may support high densities of certain taxa. Density of the benthic macroinvertebrates in these areas may be much greater than the density recorded in control areas, and there are distinct changes in community structure.
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    Diurnal variation in the oxygen uptake of river sedimentsin vitro by use of continuous flow-through systems (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 189-195 
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    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: sediment ; rivers ; oxygen uptake ; continuous flow-through
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The diurnal exchange of oxygen, over the sediment-water interface, was measured on ‘undisturbed’ sediment cores incubated on the river bank of three reaches in the river Susaa, Denmark. The incubation chambers were equipped with a double pumping system, driving an internal and an external flow, respectively. The internal flow created a unidirectional flow over the sediment surface, with the same velocity as the natural river flow. River water was continuously pumped through the incubation chambers (external flow). Magnetic valves alternately shifted the inlet and outlet water through a registration chamber equipped with an oxygen probe and a temperature transducer (A/D 540, integrated circuit). The potential was amplified and registered every minute on a tape recorder. The rate of exchange of oxygen in the chambers was described by the following equation: $${\text{r - exch(t) = }}\frac{{{\text{flow(t)}}}}{{{\text{volume}}}}{\text{[inlet(t) - outlet(t)] - }}\frac{{{\text{d[outlet(t)}}}}{{{\text{dt}}}}$$ Various methods for the numerical solution of the differential equation were used. Due to a small amount of ‘noise’ on the probes, the cubic spline method gave an unrealistically high variation in the oxygen uptake. A better description was obtained, when a Fourier transformation of the inlet and outlet concentrations of oxygen was made. When 15 Fourier coefficients were used, the r-value of the model was better than 0.996. On permanently dark sediment samples, a hysteresis effect between the oxygen exchange rate and the oxygen concentration and temperature appeared. The exchange rates were lower in periods with increasing oxygen concentration. A minimum in the exchange rate was obtained, before the minimum in the concentration of oxygen and temperature was found. This type of hysteresis could be explained by equilibration in connection with the transient state conditions. The hysteresis was probably enlarged by shifts in the size of the aerobic layer in the sediment. The importance of the hysteresis in oxygen balance models for rivers is discussed.
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    The rates of sediment-water exchange of oxygen and sediment bioturbation in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 377-382 
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    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: bioturbation ; oxygen ; sediment ; Lough Neagh
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Oxygen is transported 30 mm into the sediment at an 8 m depth site in eutrophic Lough Neagh by the irrigational activities of the benthic fauna. Faunal activity also mixes the upper 20 mm of sediment. Sediment oxygen uptake rate, redox potential-depth profile and the chlorophylla concentration were measured in the upper sediment layers from February to November 1979. Chlorophylla input to the sediment, following the Spring phytoplankton maximum, remained in the 0–1 cm sediment layer but did cause the redox potential profile to change from one with potentials around 400 mV in the upper 50 mm to one with a strong gradient over the 0–30 mm region. The start of benthic faunal activity in May caused the chlorophylla to be mixed into the 1–2 cm layer and also caused oxygen to be transported into the sediment at a rate sufficient to change the redox potential back to its initial state. The biodiffusion coefficient for solids in the upper 20 mm was estimated to be 6 × 10−8 cm2 s−1. Oxygen transport in the pore, waters of the upper sediment layers was considered to be best described as advection, caused by the irrigational activities of the benthic fauna.
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    Available phosphorus in lake sediments in The Netherlands (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 491-500 
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    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: phosphate ; sediment ; bioassay ; algae ; phosphate fractionation ; NTA extraction
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The amount of phosphorus available to algae in the sediments of four lakes in the western part of the Netherlands has been assessed by means of chemical extraction and bioassay techniques. In addition to direct chemical sediment analyses, extractions were carried out with an NTA column method and a stepwise NH4 Cl-NaOH-HCI shaking method, the latter supposedly separating the weakly bound, the Fe- and Al-bound and the Ca-bound phosphates in the sediments. Bioassays, with sediment as the sole source of P, were made with Scenedesmus quadricauda in modified Skulberg's 28 medium to determine the amount of phosphates available to algae. The average total P concentration of the sediments varied from 0.8 to 3.6 mg P g−1 dry wt and correlated well with the net external P loading of the lakes. Uptake of P by algae in the bioassays varied from 0.4 to 36% — while NTA extracted 36–69% of the total P. The ratio NH4Cl extracted/ NaOH extracted/ HCI extracted phosphates is different from lake to lake, although in all lakes the highest extractions (27–62% of total P) are found in the NaOH fraction. However, in the peaty sediments of these lakes, the NaOH step extracted not only the Fe- and Al-bound phosphates but, also, large amounts of humus compounds. Hence, this fraction also contains non-available organic P. The results are related to soil type and chemical characteristics of the sediments, and compared with data from other authors. A positive correlation was found between phosphate available to algae and NTA- and NaOH-extractable P, but the correlation with total phosphorus was higher. Moreover, algal-extractable P proved to be positively correlated with total iron and clay content and negatively with the amount of organic matter. It is concluded that the sediments in the investigated lakes show great variability and that the chemical extraction techniques cannot replace the bioassays to assess the amount of phosphorus available to algae.
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    Entrainment, deposition, and transport of fine-grained sediments in lakes (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 31-40 
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    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: sediment ; entrainment ; deposition ; transport
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Recent work on the settling, diffusion, entrainment, and deposition of fine-grained sediments in fresh water is reviewed and synthesized. Particular attention is given to the dependence of these processes on sediment properties such as particle size. The application of this knowledge to the analysis and numerical modeling of sediment transport is also discussed. Much of the work is concerned with the Great Lakes and, more specifically, with the Western Basin of Lake Erie.
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    Availability of dissolved oxygen in interstitial waters of a sandy creek (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 651-658 
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    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: stream ; sediment ; sand ; hyporheal ; oxygen ; temperature
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Dissolved oxygen, pH, conductivity and alkalinity of surface and subsurface interstitial waters were investigated at Mill Creek (a small, rural, predominantly sandy stream in east Texas). Dissolved oxygen concentration tended to decrease with sediment depth, while conductivity and alkalinity did not significantly change with substrate depth. Surface water pH was significantly higher than interstitial water (p = 0.05). Chemical analyses of subsurface water from a pre- to post-storm event showed a depression in dissolved oxygen concentration in moderate and deep interstitial waters, immediately following the return of stream base flow, with the deeper strata returning to pre-storm oxygen levels four days later. A thermal convective current mechanism is proposed which would serve to transport surface water downward into these deeper interstices.
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    Available phosphorus in lake sediments in The Netherlands (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 491-500 
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    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: phosphate ; sediment ; bioassay ; algae ; phosphate fractionation ; NTA extraction
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The amount of phosphorus available to algae in the sediments of four lakes in the western part of the Netherlands has been assessed by means of chemical extraction and bioassay techniques. In addition to direct chemical sediment analyses, extractions were carried out with an NTA column method and a stepwise NH4 Cl-NaOH-HCI shaking method, the latter supposedly separating the weakly bound, the Fe- and Al-bound and the Ca-bound phosphates in the sediments. Bioassays, with sediment as the sole source of P, were made withScenedesmus quadricauda in modified Skulberg's 28 medium to determine the amount of phosphates available to algae. The average total P concentration of the sediments varied from 0.8 to 3.6 mg P g−1 dry wt and correlated well with the net external P loading of the lakes. Uptake of P by algae in the bioassays varied from 0.4 to 36% — while NTA extracted 36–69% of the total P. The ratio NH4Cl extracted/ NaOH extracted/ HCI extracted phosphates is different from lake to lake, although in all lakes the highest extractions (27–62% of total P) are found in the NaOH fraction. However, in the peaty sediments of these lakes, the NaOH step extracted not only the Fe- and Al-bound phosphates but, also, large amounts of humus compounds. Hence, this fraction also contains non-available organic P. The results are related to soil type and chemical characteristics of the sediments, and compared with data from other authors. A positive correlation was found between phosphate available to algae and NTA- and NaOH-extractable P, but the correlation with total phosphorus was higher. Moreover, algal-extractable P proved to be positively correlated with total iron and clay content and negatively with the amount of organic matter. It is concluded that the sediments in the investigated lakes show great variability and that the chemical extraction techniques cannot replace the bioassays to assess the amount of phosphorus available to algae.
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    The effect of land use on the diatom communities in lakes (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 86 (1982), S. 99-103 
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    Keywords: diatoms ; lakes ; land use ; sediment
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Data on recenr diatom community structure and relevant environmental characteristics from the lakes and their catchments have been collected from 151 oligotrophic lakes in eastern Finland. The pattern of frequency distribution of diatoms as a function of environmental variables, including land use in the catchment, differs between diatom taxa and indicates the optimum conditions and amplitude of occurrence for particular species. This kind of study should lead to increased understanding of the environmental requirements of diatom species and will be useful in the interpretation of historical changes in lakes as well as in forecasting possible future changes.
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    The rates of sediment-water exchange of oxygen and sediment bioturbation in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 377-382 
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    Keywords: bioturbation ; oxygen ; sediment ; Lough Neagh
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Oxygen is transported 30 mm into the sediment at an 8 m depth site in eutrophic Lough Neagh by the irrigational activities of the benthic fauna. Faunal activity also mixes the upper 20 mm of sediment. Sediment oxygen uptake rate, redox potential-depth profile and the chlorophylla concentration were measured in the upper sediment layers from February to November 1979. Chlorophylla input to the sediment, following the Spring phytoplankton maximum, remained in the 0–1 cm sediment layer but did cause the redox potential profile to change from one with potentials around 400 mV in the upper 50 mm to one with a strong gradient over the 0–30 mm region. The start of benthic faunal activity in May caused the chlorophylla to be mixed into the 1–2 cm layer and also caused oxygen to be transported into the sediment at a rate sufficient to change the redox potential back to its initial state. The biodiffusion coefficient for solids in the upper 20 mm was estimated to be 6 × 10−8 cm2 s−1. Oxygen transport in the pore, waters of the upper sediment layers was considered to be best described as advection, caused by the irrigational activities of the benthic fauna.
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    Different patterns of phosphorus release from lake sediments in laboratory experiments (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 415-429 
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    Keywords: phosphorus release ; sediment ; nitrate ; redox-potential ; sorption ; fractionation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The phosphorus release from surface sediments of eight lakes, mainly shallow lakes in agricultural areas, was studied in laboratory batch experiments with additions of acetate and/ or nitrate. The lake sediments could be separated into three categories. Some sediments did not release phosphorus under any conditions. The second category showed a high phosphorus release rate when acetate was added, in order to stimulate bacterial activity and oxygen consumption. The addition of nitrate, only, stabilized the redox conditions and prevented phosphorus release. This pattern followed the classical theories of Einsele and Mortimer. The third sediment category released phosphorus up to some level which remained constant throughout the experiment, and was independent of acetate and/or nitrate additions. Several extraction procedures and adsorption-desorption experiments were performed in order to characterize the sediment phosphorus and thus explain the different behaviours of the three sediment categories.
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    Hydrocarbon accumulation in freshwater sediments of an urban catchment (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 285-292 
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    Keywords: PAH ; aliphatic hydrocarbons ; sediment ; stormwater
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The top and bottom of two sediment cores collected from an urban receiving basin in NW London, and stormwater samples from the attendant catchment, have been analysed for their hydrocarbon content. In surface sediments, basal sediments and stormwater, total aliphatic hydrocarbon levels are 445–690 µg g−1 dry wt., 43–224 µg g−1 and 0.36–1.10 mg l−1, respectively; and total levels of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are 780–1 100 µg g−1, 310–640 µg g1 and 5.83–18.21 mg l−1, respectively. Biodegradation of aliphatics is assessed by phytane:n-C18 and pristane: n-C17 ratios. Hydrocarbon sources are determined from phytane: pristane ratios, odd: even carbon chain length ratios, the presence of an unresolved complex mixture, and by comparison of the amount of methyl-substituted PAH s with that of the parent compounds. Comparison of total levels between surface and basal sediments shows a 1 to 3 fold increase in total PAHs and a 3 to 10 fold increase in aliphatic hydrocarbons over a 120 year period.
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    Physical and geochemical characteristics of suspended solids, Wilton Creek, Ontario (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 41-57 
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    Keywords: biogeochemistry ; rivers ; sediment ; water quality
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract To understand the nature of sediment-associated nutrient and contaminant transport dynamics in fluvial systems, a stormflow sampling program of suspended solids is reported for one water year in a representative rural diffuse source catchment of southeastern Ontario. Bulk samples of subsieve suspended solids were obtained using field-portable continuous-flow centrifuge apparatus. The physical and geochemical properties of suspended solids show no significant intersite differences over reaches of 1 500–2 000 m, yet display distinctive seasonal trends. Systematic seasonal changes in particle size, organic content, and Ca, P, Mn, Al, Ti, Fe, and K appear to reflect the changing role of partial area hydrology. Ca, P, and Mn are bioaccumulated by stream algae. Mineral signature is relatively constant over the year.
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    Effects of sediment releases from a reservoir on stream macroinvertebrates (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 96 (1982), S. 177-184 
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    Keywords: sediment ; reservoir ; stream ; macroinvertebrates
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Effects of sediment release from Guernsey Reservoir on macroinvertebrates of the North Platte River, Wyoming, were investigated during summer 1981. Suspended solids concentrations during sediment release increased from 〈20 mg l−1 to 〉300 mg l−1. Because fine particulates remained in suspension, mean particle size of substrates was unaltered. Densities of chironomids decreased 90% + during sediment release but recovered to initial levels in 3 weeks after the release ended. Densities of mayflies and oligochaetes increased. Changes in benthic populations were highly correlated with increases in suspended solids.
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    Epilimnetic sulfate reduction and its relationship to lake acidification (1984)
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    Biogeochemistry 1 (1984), S. 63-77 
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    ISSN: 1573-515X
    Keywords: sulfate reduction ; sediment ; lake acidification
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Geosciences
    Notes: Abstract Sulfate reduction occurred from 0–3 cm below the surface of the epilimnetic sediments of three northwestern Ontario lakes, including L.223, which has been experimentally acidified by additions of sulfuric acid. Shallow water sites were conducive to SO4 2− reduction because decomposition in these predominantly sandy sediments caused oxygen concentrations to decrease rapidly within mm below the interface. The occurrence of methanogenesis just below the depth of minimum SO4 2- concentration demonstrated that availability of organic carbon was not a limiting factor for sulphate reduction. Laboratory studies showed that SO4 2- reduction rates in mixed sediments were lower at pH 4 than at pH 6. However, sulfate gradients in sediments indicated that there was no effect of acidification on sulfate reduction in situ. This was probably because microbial H+ consumption in the epilimnetic sediments maintained steep pH gradients below the sediment-water interface. The pH increased from = 5.0 to 6.5 or higher by a depth of 3.0 cm into the sediments.
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    The impact of an industrially contaminated lake on heavy metal levels in its effluent stream (1980)
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    Hydrobiologia 69 (1980), S. 187-193 
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    ISSN: 1573-5117
    Keywords: Cadmium ; zinc ; pollution ; sediment ; water ; fish ; clams ; macrophytes
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Levels of cadmium and zinc in various components of Williamson Ditch (an industrially contaminated stream flowing into Palestine Lake), Trimble Creek (a stream draining Palestine Lake) and the Tippecance River (a river receiving Trimble Creek) were determined. Water, sediment, plant, fish and clam samples were analyzed for cadmium and zinc content by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Unweighted mean metal concentrations in Trimble Creek were the following: water, 51 µg Zn/1 and 4.2 µg Cd/1; sediment, 592 µg Zn/g and 48.8,µg Cd/g; plants, 375 µm Zn/g and 7.91 µg Cd/g; fish, 145 µg Zn/g and 6.02 µg Cd/g. These concentrations were generally lower than those found in Williamson Ditch and higher than those found in the Tippecanoe River or background levels previously reported for other aquatic ecosystems.
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    High resolution vertical profiles of pH in recent sediments (1981)
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    Hydrobiologia 79 (1981), S. 277-284 
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    Keywords: pH ; sediment ; microelectrode ; bioturbation ; tubificids
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract High resolution (0.1 cm sampling interval) profiles of pH were obtained from some recent estuarine (Long Island Sound, Chesapeake Bay) and freshwater (Lake Erie) sediments and from laboratory microcosms containing homogenized Lake Erie sediment (both with and without tubificid oligochaetes) by incrementally precessing a micro-pH electrode downward through the sediment. These profiles revealed that hydrogen ion undergoes chemical reactions on a scale smaller than can be resolved using classic 1 cm sampling intervals, and that the vertical distribution of hydrogen ion is affected by bioturbation. In all sediments examined, a local pH minimum occurred immediately below the oxidized zone. In estuarine sediments, a second deeper pH minimum was observed. The presence of tubificids prevented profound pH changes from developing in microcosm sediments treated with a layer of activated sewage sludge and resulted in more modest alterations of pH profile in microcosm sediments lacking such a layer. The technique used in this study is by no means limited to pH. In principal, any chemical species that can be directly determined by electrodes (e.g. O2, S-2) may be studied. Microelectrode techniques could be especially useful in the study of chemical gradients around animal burrows and in time series studies of whole core diagenesis.
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    Different patterns of phosphorus release from lake sediments in laboratory experiments (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 415-429 
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    Keywords: phosphorus release ; sediment ; nitrate ; redox-potential ; sorption ; fractionation
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The phosphorus release from surface sediments of eight lakes, mainly shallow lakes in agricultural areas, was studied in laboratory batch experiments with additions of acetate and/ or nitrate. The lake sediments could be separated into three categories. Some sediments did not release phosphorus under any conditions. The second category showed a high phosphorus release rate when acetate was added, in order to stimulate bacterial activity and oxygen consumption. The addition of nitrate, only, stabilized the redox conditions and prevented phosphorus release. This pattern followed the classical theories of Einsele and Mortimer. The third sediment category released phosphorus up to some level which remained constant throughout the experiment, and was independent of acetate and/or nitrate additions. Several extraction procedures and adsorption-desorption experiments were performed in order to characterize the sediment phosphorus and thus explain the different behaviours of the three sediment categories.
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    Availability of dissolved oxygen in interstitial waters of a sandy creek (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 651-658 
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    Keywords: stream ; sediment ; sand ; hyporheal ; oxygen ; temperature
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Dissolved oxygen, pH, conductivity and alkalinity of surface and subsurface interstitial waters were investigated at Mill Creek (a small, rural, predominantly sandy stream in east Texas). Dissolved oxygen concentration tended to decrease with sediment depth, while conductivity and alkalinity did not significantly change with substrate depth. Surface water pH was significantly higher than interstitial water (p = 0.05). Chemical analyses of subsurface water from a pre- to post-storm event showed a depression in dissolved oxygen concentration in moderate and deep interstitial waters, immediately following the return of stream base flow, with the deeper strata returning to pre-storm oxygen levels four days later. A thermal convective current mechanism is proposed which would serve to transport surface water downward into these deeper interstices.
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    Available phosphorus in lake sediments in The Netherlands (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 491-500 
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    Keywords: phosphate ; sediment ; bioassay ; algae ; phosphate fractionation ; NTA extraction
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    Notes: Abstract The amount of phosphorus available to algae in the sediments of four lakes in the western part of the Netherlands has been assessed by means of chemical extraction and bioassay techniques. In addition to direct chemical sediment analyses, extractions were carried out with an NTA column method and a stepwise NH4 Cl-NaOH-HCI shaking method, the latter supposedly separating the weakly bound, the Fe- and Al-bound and the Ca-bound phosphates in the sediments. Bioassays, with sediment as the sole source of P, were made withScenedesmus quadricauda in modified Skulberg's 28 medium to determine the amount of phosphates available to algae. The average total P concentration of the sediments varied from 0.8 to 3.6 mg P g−1 dry wt and correlated well with the net external P loading of the lakes. Uptake of P by algae in the bioassays varied from 0.4 to 36% — while NTA extracted 36–69% of the total P. The ratio NH4Cl extracted/ NaOH extracted/ HCI extracted phosphates is different from lake to lake, although in all lakes the highest extractions (27–62% of total P) are found in the NaOH fraction. However, in the peaty sediments of these lakes, the NaOH step extracted not only the Fe- and Al-bound phosphates but, also, large amounts of humus compounds. Hence, this fraction also contains non-available organic P. The results are related to soil type and chemical characteristics of the sediments, and compared with data from other authors. A positive correlation was found between phosphate available to algae and NTA- and NaOH-extractable P, but the correlation with total phosphorus was higher. Moreover, algal-extractable P proved to be positively correlated with total iron and clay content and negatively with the amount of organic matter. It is concluded that the sediments in the investigated lakes show great variability and that the chemical extraction techniques cannot replace the bioassays to assess the amount of phosphorus available to algae.
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    Modelling the influence of bioturbation on the vertical distribution of sedimentary phosphorus in L. Esrom (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 197-206 
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    Keywords: bioturbation ; modelling ; sediment ; phosphorus ; Chironomus anthracinus ; Potamothrix hammoniensis
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    Notes: Abstract A multilayer sediment-water exchange model was used to evaluate the importance of bioturbation in the profundal sediments of L. Esrom. The temporal variation of the vertical distribution of sedimentary phosphorus fractions was modelled with an objective function of 1.50. Deviations between measured and simulated values occurred in the spring, where the measured pool of sedimentary phosphorus sharply declined in the surface sediments. The application of a model for the activity ofChironomus anthracinus based on biomass, oxygen consumption and temperature improved the model in the spring period. The downwards transport of easy-degradable surface sediments reduced the average release of sedimentary phosphorus from 12 mg P · m−2 · day−1 to 11 mg P · M−2 · day−1. The introduction of a similar model for the other important burrowing species in L. Esrom,Potamothrix hammoniensis, lowered the objective function to 1.37 and increased the average release to 12.5 mg P · m−2 · day−1. The minor role of bioturbation in sediment processes is discussed.
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    Hydrocarbon accumulation in freshwater sediments of an urban catchment (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 285-292 
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    Keywords: PAH ; aliphatic hydrocarbons ; sediment ; stormwater
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    Notes: Abstract The top and bottom of two sediment cores collected from an urban receiving basin in NW London, and stormwater samples from the attendant catchment, have been analysed for their hydrocarbon content. In surface sediments, basal sediments and stormwater, total aliphatic hydrocarbon levels are 445–690 µg g−1 dry wt., 43–224 µg g−1 and 0.36–1.10 mg l−1, respectively; and total levels of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are 780–1 100 µg g−1, 310–640 µg g1 and 5.83–18.21 mg l−1, respectively. Biodegradation of aliphatics is assessed by phytane:n-C18 and pristane: n-C17 ratios. Hydrocarbon sources are determined from phytane: pristane ratios, odd: even carbon chain length ratios, the presence of an unresolved complex mixture, and by comparison of the amount of methyl-substituted PAH s with that of the parent compounds. Comparison of total levels between surface and basal sediments shows a 1 to 3 fold increase in total PAHs and a 3 to 10 fold increase in aliphatic hydrocarbons over a 120 year period.
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    Physical and geochemical characteristics of suspended solids, Wilton Creek, Ontario (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 41-57 
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    Notes: Abstract To understand the nature of sediment-associated nutrient and contaminant transport dynamics in fluvial systems, a stormflow sampling program of suspended solids is reported for one water year in a representative rural diffuse source catchment of southeastern Ontario. Bulk samples of subsieve suspended solids were obtained using field-portable continuous-flow centrifuge apparatus. The physical and geochemical properties of suspended solids show no significant intersite differences over reaches of 1 500–2 000 m, yet display distinctive seasonal trends. Systematic seasonal changes in particle size, organic content, and Ca, P, Mn, Al, Ti, Fe, and K appear to reflect the changing role of partial area hydrology. Ca, P, and Mn are bioaccumulated by stream algae. Mineral signature is relatively constant over the year.
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    Modelling the influence of bioturbation on the vertical distribution of sedimentary phosphorus in L. Esrom (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 197-206 
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    Keywords: bioturbation ; modelling ; sediment ; phosphorus ; Chironomus anthracinus ; Potamothrix hammoniensis
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    Notes: Abstract A multilayer sediment-water exchange model was used to evaluate the importance of bioturbation in the profundal sediments of L. Esrom. The temporal variation of the vertical distribution of sedimentary phosphorus fractions was modelled with an objective function of 1.50. Deviations between measured and simulated values occurred in the spring, where the measured pool of sedimentary phosphorus sharply declined in the surface sediments. The application of a model for the activity ofChironomus anthracinus based on biomass, oxygen consumption and temperature improved the model in the spring period. The downwards transport of easy-degradable surface sediments reduced the average release of sedimentary phosphorus from 12 mg P · m−2 · day−1 to 11 mg P · M−2 · day−1. The introduction of a similar model for the other important burrowing species in L. Esrom,Potamothrix hammoniensis, lowered the objective function to 1.37 and increased the average release to 12.5 mg P · m−2 · day−1. The minor role of bioturbation in sediment processes is discussed.
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    Insect abundance and colonization rate in Fontinalis neo-mexicana (Bryophyta) in an Idaho Batholith stream, U.S.A. (1983)
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    Hydrobiologia 98 (1983), S. 9-15 
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    Keywords: insects ; benthos ; moss ; sediment ; stream ; colonization
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    Notes: Abstract Insect colonization rate and abundance in the aquatic moss, Fontinalis neo-mexicana were examined in the South Fork Salmon River, Idaho, June 1978–August 1979 to determine the importance of moss as a habitat for insects. The insect communities in moss as well as in the underlying and adjacent mineral substrates were examined. Insects were sampled with a nylon organdy net in moss and with a Hess bottom sampler in mineral substrate. Insects colonized insect-free moss clumps to carrying capacity within one week. In a man-made stream channel where flow, depth and substrate were controlled, insect densities were 5 to 30 times greater in moss than the mineral substrate; insect biomass was approximately two times greater. Insect densities in pebble substrates underlying moss and in adjacent mineral substrate were comparable. Moss cover did not appreciably alter insect densities in the underlying hyporheic zone composed of screened pebbles (1–2 cm diameter). Insect ordinal and functional group composition was greater in moss than in the mineral substrate, however, species richness was similar. Chironomids were the most abundant insects in moss.
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    The use of fallout 137Cs and 239,240Pu for dating of lake sediments (1983)
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    Hydrobiologia 103 (1983), S. 15-19 
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    Keywords: paleolimnology ; dating ; radioactive fallout ; sediment ; 137Cs ; 239,240Pu ; varves
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    Notes: Abstract The distribution of 137Cs and 239,240Pu in sediment core samples of the Finnish lakes Laukunlampi, Lovojärvi and Pääjärvi were determined. The sediment samples were collected using dry ice and liquid nitrogen freezing methods. The sediments of these lakes are annually laminated. A clear maximum concentration of 137Cs and 239,240Pu was found in sediment layers formed during 1962–1964, the years of maximum fallout, and the middle of the 1950's can be estimated from the 137Cs and 239,240Pu profiles. The highest concentrations, 11 500 and 820 pCi kg−1 dry wt for 137Cs and 239,240Pu, respectively, were found in the sediment of Laukunlampi. The vertical distribution was similar for 137Cs and 239,240Pu in the lakes investigated. A slight migration of 239,240Pu and 137Cs was found and the migration of 137Cs seems to be higher than that of 239,240Pu. The advantages of 137Cs dating method are rapidity and simplicity. 239,240Pu is preferable when the sample size is small. The agreement found between 137Cs and 239,240Pu dates and the annual laminae show that these fallout radio isotopes can be used for dating sediments formed during the past 25 years.
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    Convection in bottom sediments and its role in material exchange between water and sediments (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 86 (1982), S. 105-108 
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    Keywords: convection ; sediment ; temperature ; convectional diffusion ; material exchange
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    Notes: Abstract In two Finnish lakes, in winter and summer, a constant temperature in the sediment was not reached until a depth of 1.5–2 m. The thermal stratification pattern in the sediment was similar to that in water. However, the lack of turbulent mixing in the sediment resulted in a thin ‘episediment’. This stratification was caused by convection. Convection currents in the sediment were most prevalent during spring and autumn overturn when the density of overlying water was greater than that of the interstitial water. Convection was also possible in winter. The duration and magnitude of convection was dependent on warming and cooling rates. Such convection currents may be important in material exchange between sediment and water since material concentrations in interstitial water are 5–100 times greater than in overlying water.
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    Effects of the burrowing mayfly, Hexagenia, on nitrogen and sulfur fractions in lake sediment microcosms (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 87 (1982), S. 273-283 
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    Keywords: Hexagenia ; sediment ; sulfur ; nitrogen ; bioturbation
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    Notes: Abstract Effects of the burrowing mayfly, Hexagenia, on nitrogen and sulfur fractions of sediment, and overlying water were determined. Laboratory microcosms were used to reproduce the benthic environment. The activities of Hexagenia increased sediment Eh (1.98 ± 0.486 (22) mV · day −1), and decreased pH in sediment (−0.007 ± 0.001 (22) day −1) and overlying water(-0.024 ± 0.004 (10) day−1). In the control, Eh decreased and pH did not change. The presence of Hexagenia also markedly increased ammonia in sediment (5.46 ± 0.14 (22) ppm N · day−1) and overlying water (0.792 ± 0.154 (10) ppm N · day−1), while the control did not change. In addition, the sulfate fraction of sediment (0.177 ± 0.006 (17)% dry mass) and water (50.0 ± 4.9 (5) mg · I−1) in microcosms with Hexagenia was greater than that of the control (0.151 ± 0.005 (16)% dry mass; 14.7 ± 1.71 (3) mg · 1−1) at the termination of the experiment. Hexagenia may also stimulate the mineralization of carbon-bonded sulfur. The general role of Hexagenia in altering sediment chemistry is discussed.
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    The rates of sediment-water exchange of oxygen and sediment bioturbation in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 377-382 
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    Keywords: bioturbation ; oxygen ; sediment ; Lough Neagh
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    Notes: Abstract Oxygen is transported 30 mm into the sediment at an 8 m depth site in eutrophic Lough Neagh by the irrigational activities of the benthic fauna. Faunal activity also mixes the upper 20 mm of sediment. Sediment oxygen uptake rate, redox potential-depth profile and the chlorophyll a concentration were measured in the upper sediment layers from February to November 1979. Chlorophyll a input to the sediment, following the Spring phytoplankton maximum, remained in the 0–1 cm sediment layer but did cause the redox potential profile to change from one with potentials around 400 mV in the upper 50 mm to one with a strong gradient over the 0–30 mm region. The start of benthic faunal activity in May caused the chlorophyll a to be mixed into the 1–2 cm layer and also caused oxygen to be transported into the sediment at a rate sufficient to change the redox potential back to its initial state. The biodiffusion coefficient for solids in the upper 20 mm was estimated to be 6 × 10−8 cm2 s−1. Oxygen transport in the pore, waters of the upper sediment layers was considered to be best described as advection, caused by the irrigational activities of the benthic fauna.
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    Accumulative phases for heavy metals in limnic sediments (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 269-284 
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    Keywords: heavy metals ; sediment ; concentrates ; extraction ; availability
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    Notes: Abstract Data from mechanical concentrates of recent sediments indicate that clay minerals, clay-rich aggregates and heavy minerals are the major carriers of heavy metals in detrital sediment fractions. Hydrous Fe/Mn oxides and carbonates and sulfides, in their specific environments, are the predominant accumulative phases for heavy metals in autochthonous fractions. Sequential chemical extraction techniques permit the estimation of characteristic heavy metal bonding forms: exchangeable metal cations, easily reducible, moderately reducible, organic and residual metal fractions, whereby both diagenetic processes and the potential availability of toxic compounds can be studied. The data from lakes affected by acid precipitation indicate that zinc, cobalt and nickel are mainly released from the easily reducible sediment fractions and cadmium from organic phases. In contrast at pH 4.4, neither lead nor copper seem to be remobilized to any significant extent. Immobilization by carbonate precipitation seems to provide an effective mechanism for the reduction of dissolved inputs 9f metals such as zinc and cadmium in pH-buffered, hard water systems.
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    Availability of dissolved oxygen in interstitial waters of a sandy creek (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 651-658 
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    Keywords: stream ; sediment ; sand ; hyporheal ; oxygen ; temperature
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    Notes: Abstract Dissolved oxygen, pH, conductivity and alkalinity of surface and subsurface interstitial waters were investigated at Mill Creek (a small, rural, predominantly sandy stream in east Texas). Dissolved oxygen concentration tended to decrease with sediment depth, while conductivity and alkalinity did not significantly change with substrate depth. Surface water pH was significantly higher than interstitial water (p = 0.05). Chemical analyses of subsurface water from a pre- to post-storm event showed a depression in dissolved oxygen concentration in moderate and deep interstitial waters, immediately following the return of stream base flow, with the deeper strata returning to pre-storm oxygen levels four days later. A thermal convective current mechanism is proposed which would serve to transport surface water downward into these deeper interstices.
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    Entrainment, deposition, and transport of fine-grained sediments in lakes (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 31-40 
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    Keywords: sediment ; entrainment ; deposition ; transport
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    Notes: Abstract Recent work on the settling, diffusion, entrainment, and deposition of fine-grained sediments in fresh water is reviewed and synthesized. Particular attention is given to the dependence of these processes on sediment properties such as particle size. The application of this knowledge to the analysis and numerical modeling of sediment transport is also discussed. Much of the work is concerned with the Great Lakes and, more specifically, with the Western Basin of Lake Erie.
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    Diurnal variation in the oxygen uptake of river sedimentsin vitro by use of continuous flow-through systems (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 189-195 
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    Keywords: sediment ; rivers ; oxygen uptake ; continuous flow-through
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    Notes: Abstract The diurnal exchange of oxygen, over the sediment-water interface, was measured on ‘undisturbed’ sediment cores incubated on the river bank of three reaches in the river Susaa, Denmark. The incubation chambers were equipped with a double pumping system, driving an internal and an external flow, respectively. The internal flow created a unidirectional flow over the sediment surface, with the same velocity as the natural river flow. River water was continuously pumped through the incubation chambers (external flow). Magnetic valves alternately shifted the inlet and outlet water through a registration chamber equipped with an oxygen probe and a temperature transducer (A/D 540, integrated circuit). The potential was amplified and registered every minute on a tape recorder. The rate of exchange of oxygen in the chambers was described by the following equation: $${\text{r - exch(t) = }}\frac{{{\text{flow(t)}}}}{{{\text{volume}}}}{\text{[inlet(t) - outlet(t)] - }}\frac{{{\text{d[outlet(t)}}}}{{{\text{dt}}}}$$ Various methods for the numerical solution of the differential equation were used. Due to a small amount of ‘noise’ on the probes, the cubic spline method gave an unrealistically high variation in the oxygen uptake. A better description was obtained, when a Fourier transformation of the inlet and outlet concentrations of oxygen was made. When 15 Fourier coefficients were used, the r-value of the model was better than 0.996. On permanently dark sediment samples, a hysteresis effect between the oxygen exchange rate and the oxygen concentration and temperature appeared. The exchange rates were lower in periods with increasing oxygen concentration. A minimum in the exchange rate was obtained, before the minimum in the concentration of oxygen and temperature was found. This type of hysteresis could be explained by equilibration in connection with the transient state conditions. The hysteresis was probably enlarged by shifts in the size of the aerobic layer in the sediment. The importance of the hysteresis in oxygen balance models for rivers is discussed.
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    Notes: Abstract Data from mechanical concentrates of recent sediments indicate that clay minerals, clay-rich aggregates and heavy minerals are the major carriers of heavy metals in detrital sediment fractions. Hydrous Fe/Mn oxides and carbonates and sulfides, in their specific environments, are the predominant accumulative phases for heavy metals in autochthonous fractions. Sequential chemical extraction techniques permit the estimation of characteristic heavy metal bonding forms: exchangeable metal cations, easily reducible, moderately reducible, organic and residual metal fractions, whereby both diagenetic processes and the potential availability of toxic compounds can be studied. The data from lakes affected by acid precipitation indicate that zinc, cobalt and nickel are mainly released from the easily reducible sediment fractions and cadmium from organic phases. In contrast at pH 4.4, neither lead nor copper seem to be remobilized to any significant extent. Immobilization by carbonate precipitation seems to provide an effective mechanism for the reduction of dissolved inputs 9f metals such as zinc and cadmium in pH-buffered, hard water systems.
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    Different patterns of phosphorus release from lake sediments in laboratory experiments (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 91-92 (1982), S. 415-429 
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    Keywords: phosphorus release ; sediment ; nitrate ; redox-potential ; sorption ; fractionation
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    Notes: Abstract The phosphorus release from surface sediments of eight lakes, mainly shallow lakes in agricultural areas, was studied in laboratory batch experiments with additions of acetate and/ or nitrate. The lake sediments could be separated into three categories. Some sediments did not release phosphorus under any conditions. The second category showed a high phosphorus release rate when acetate was added, in order to stimulate bacterial activity and oxygen consumption. The addition of nitrate, only, stabilized the redox conditions and prevented phosphorus release. This pattern followed the classical theories of Einsele and Mortimer. The third sediment category released phosphorus up to some level which remained constant throughout the experiment, and was independent of acetate and/or nitrate additions. Several extraction procedures and adsorption-desorption experiments were performed in order to characterize the sediment phosphorus and thus explain the different behaviours of the three sediment categories.
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    Structural and functional characteristics of epiphyton and epipelon in relation to their distribution in Lake Vechten (1982)
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    Hydrobiologia 95 (1982), S. 79-114 
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    Keywords: periphyton ; submerged macrophytes ; sediment ; artificial substrates ; oxygen exchange ; production ; decomposition ; sedimentation
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    Notes: Abstract Epiphyton and epipelon were quantitatively collected, respectively, from the submerged macrophytes and the sandy lake bottom of Lake Vechten (The Netherlands). On a weight basis, epiphyton was maximal in autumn and epipelon in summer. In winter the chemical composition of epiphyton and epipelon was similar. In summer the epiphyton had on a unit weight basis more organic matter and carbonate, and had per unit organic matter a higher algal number, nitrogen and energy content than the epipelon. Algae predominating the epiphyton were filamentous greens and pennate diatoms; those in the epipelon were pennate diatoms and blue-green algae. In both cases, species known to frequent the phytoplankton were abundant. The diatoms were quantified using paper chromatographic pigment analyses. Both the epiphyton and the epipelon exhibited maximal photosynthesis in mid summer. That light was generally the limiting factor was evident from periphyton developed on artificial substrates. This periphyton differed widely in its composition from that on the natural substrates, mainly because the latter collected much more sedimenting matter. In dense Ceratophyllum stands light was severely attenuated and the significant gradients in oxygen and pH were caused by the differences with depth in the proportions of photosynthesis and respiration. The oxygen content and pH at the bottom decreased owing to epipelic respiration. The epiphytic composition depended greatly on the degree of light attenuation. The epiphytic and epipelic respiration, except during part of the early summer, exceeded photosynthesis on a 24 h basis; this included the macrophytic photosynthesis during the time the vegetation was maximally developed. During the growing season import of organic matter, i.e. deposited seston, greatly exceeded that due to the photosynthetic production. After the summer maximum, the epipelon decreased faster than predicted from its oxygen exchange. It was concluded that sedimentation and resuspension determined mainly the changes in epiphyton and epipelon. Especially when covered with vegetation, the lower littoral of Lake Vechten plays a large part in the aerobic decomposition of sestonic organic matter.
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