Water chemistry and nutrient release during the resuspension of FeS-rich sediments in a eutrophic estuarine system

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 432, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-56

  Morgan, Bree ^a   Rate, Andrew W ^a   Burton, Edward D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estuarine; Eutrophication; FeS; Nutrients; Resuspension; Sediment

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SURFACES; BENTHIC SEDIMENTS; DEOXYGENATIONS; DISSOLVED TRACE METAL; ESTUARINE; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; ESTUARINE WATERS; FES; INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; METAL RELEASE; MONITORING PERIODS; NUTRIENT RELEASE; RE-SUSPENSION; SEDIMENT DISPOSAL; SEDIMENT RESUSPENSION; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER COLUMNS; WATER COMPOSITION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ESTUARIES; EUTROPHICATION; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LABORATORIES; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

AMMONIA; FERROUS SULFIDE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; SURFACE WATER;

DREDGING; ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EUTROPHICATION; IRON SULFIDE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; OXIDATION; RESUSPENSION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BENTHOS; DREDGING; ESTUARY; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROLOGY; OXIDATION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; ESTUARIES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRON; SULFIDES; WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AUSTRALIA; HARVEY ESTUARY; PEEL INLET; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84862158465     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.05.065     Document Type: Article

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