Spatio-temporal variation of phosphorus, iron and sulfur in intertidal sediments of Xiamen and associated release risk of phosphorus

Pan Feng; Guo Zhanrong; Cai Yu; Liu Huatai; Wang Xinhong

doi:10.12284/hyxb2021030

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Pan Feng，Guo Zhanrong，Cai Yu, et al. Spatio-temporal variation of phosphorus, iron and sulfur in intertidal sediments of Xiamen and associated release risk of phosphorus[J]. Haiyang Xuebao，2021, 43(4)：14–26 doi: 10.12284/hyxb2021030

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Spatio-temporal variation of phosphorus, iron and sulfur in intertidal sediments of Xiamen and associated release risk of phosphorus

doi: 10.12284/hyxb2021030

Pan Feng^{1, 3
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Guo Zhanrong^{2
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Cai Yu²,
Liu Huatai¹,
Wang Xinhong^{1, 3}

1.
College of the Environment & Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
2.
College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
3.
State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China

Received Date: 2020-08-17
Rev Recd Date: 2020-10-31

Available Online: 2021-03-15

Publish Date: 2021-04-01

Abstract

Abstract

For understanding the effects of iron and sulfur redox processes and overlying water hypoxia on phosphorus remobilization and liberation in intertidal sediments, the coastal zone in Xiang’an, Xiamen was selected to conduct continuous sampling and monitoring for sediments, pore water and overlying water in one year by employing the in-situ high resolution sampling techniques. Results showed that hypoxia and excessive phosphorus content were severe in the overlying water, which were below 2 mg/L and above 0.06 mg/L in most months, respectively. On the vertical profile, the distribution trend of dissolved reactive phosphorus (SRP) content was consistent with that of dissolved iron content in pore water, while the distribution trend of DGT-labile P was consistent with that of DGT-labile S in local, demonstrating that the passivation and remobilization of phosphorus are mainly controlled by the redox process of iron, and locally controlled by the redox process of sulfur. However, deficiency of sediment phosphorus limits the content of phosphorus in the deep reduction zone. In terms of quarterly changes, SRP content in pore water is only consistent with SRP content in overlying water, which is attributed to the hypoxic sedimentary environment favoring the cross-boundary exchange of SRP. However, the superposition of a variety of environmental factors affects the spatiotemporal changes of SRP and DGT-labile P. The SRP content concentration gradient in surface pore water was not significant, that is, the phosphorus release risk was not significant, but the change of environmental factors is very easy to trigger the release of endogenous phosphorus in future.
- mobile phosphorus,
- dissolved iron,
- dissolved sulfide,
- DGT,
- HR-Peeper,
- spatio-temporal distribution

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