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Chemical and Mineralogical Composition of the Mud‐Water Interface of the Lake Huleh (Israel) Preserve
Author(s) -
Cowgill Ursula M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
internationale revue der gesamten hydrobiologie und hydrographie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1522-2632
pISSN - 0020-9309
DOI - 10.1002/iroh.19800650308
Subject(s) - environmental chemistry , leaching (pedology) , chemical composition , chemistry , mineralogy , geology , soil science , organic chemistry , soil water
There is scant information about the chemical composition of the mud‐water interface in shallow, aerobic, eutrophic bodies of water. This study is concerned with the chemical and mineralogical composition of the mud‐water interface of the Lake Huleh preserve (Israel). The most important conclusion gleaned from this investigation is that elements preferentially sorbed by the mud from the mud‐water interface in shallow, aerobic aquatic systems such as the Huleh preserve do so by two methods: organic matter sorption (cadmium, bromine) and scavenger action of ferric hydroxide (cesium, beryllium, mercury, tin, titanium, zirconium, bismuth, vanadium, molybdenum and iodine) type complexes. Forty‐six elements were detected in the mud‐water interface; their behavior in this system is described.