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A test of the hypothesis that abiotic phosphate complexing influences phosphorus kinetics in epilimnetic lake water
Author(s) -
Lean D. R. S.,
Rigler F. H.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
limnology and oceanography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 1939-5590
pISSN - 0024-3590
DOI - 10.4319/lo.1974.19.5.0784
Subject(s) - kinetics , abiotic component , eutrophication , phosphate , chemistry , environmental chemistry , phosphorus , ecology , biochemistry , biology , nutrient , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
The uptake kinetics of 3 2 P‐PO 4 added to water from a eutrophic lake are frequently biphasic; consequently the system cannot be described by a two‐compartment exchange model. Experiments in which uptake kinetics and the effectiveness with which hydrous zirconium oxide removes 32 P‐PO 4 from filtered lake water were measured concurrently showed that the biphasic kinetics cannot be explained by postulating an abiotic complexing of 32 P‐PO 4 with some other component of membrane filtered lake water.
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