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Phosphorus Flux between Sediment and Overlying Water in Lake Okeechobee, Florida: Spatial and Temporal Variations

IFAS, Soil and Water Science Dep., Gainesville, FL 32611.

^* Corresponding author (krr{at}gnv.ifas.ufl.edu).

ABSTRACT

Total P is increasing over time in the waters of Lake Okeechobee, Florida, but the concentrations do not correlate with external loads. The objectives of this study were to determine: (i) the P flux from various sediment types within the lake, (ii) the factors that control direction and magnitude of P flux, and (iii) the amount of P associated with various inorganic P phases within the sediment. Phosphorus flux was measured from intact sediment cores taken from eight sites that represent major sediment types and major inflows of Lake Okeechobee at four time periods in 1989–1990. At the same location-times, dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) in porewater was determined using porewater equilibrators and/or sediment cores. Results indicate that P flux from sediments is very sensitive to changes in O₂ status of the overlying water, with anaerobic conditions promoting large P fluxes. Despite steep porewater DRP gradients in sediments (varying from 0.1 mg P L^–1 at the sediment/water interface to more than 1 mg P L^–1 at lower depths), P flux was not regulated by such gradients. Such lack of dependence of P flux on DRP gradients highlights the role redox reactions (involving Fe) can play in P chemistry in the top few centimeters of the sediment. Internal P loads (i.e., flux from bottom sediments) were found to be approximately equivalent to external P loads (1 mg P m^–2 d^–1).

Senior author is currently with USDA-ARS, Plant Sciences 115, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701.

Contribution from the Univ. of Florida.

Received for publication August 29, 1997.

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