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Dissolved iodine species in a British freshwater system
Author(s) -
Jones S. D.,
Truesdale V. W.
Publication year - 1984
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.1984.29.5.1016
Subject(s) - iodate , iodine , iodide , anoxic waters , environmental science , drainage basin , environmental chemistry , hydrology (agriculture) , oceanography , ecology , chemistry , geology , biology , geography , inorganic chemistry , cartography , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry
Results are presented of a 16‐month study of the spatial and temporal variations of dissolved iodine species in rain, river, and oxic and anoxic lake waters, collected from the same freshwater system in the English Lake District. The interconversion of iodine species during their passage through the system is compared with data from marine basins. Iodate and iodide are the principal forms of dissolved iodine in all the freshwaters tested. Iodine is lost from solution in the soils of the catchment, whereas both iodate‐reduction and iodide‐oxidation processes operate in the water of the lakes. Overall the lacustrine behavior of iodine is similar to that in marine basins.