ISSN:
1573-515X
Keywords:
chlorophyll-a
;
flushing half-life
;
nutrients
;
phosphorus loading
;
trophic state
;
water turn-over time
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Geosciences
Notes:
Abstract Comparison of total phosphorus and chlorophyll-a concentration, nutrient loading, and water turn-over time in six shallow choked lagoons along the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, established that water turn-over time is related to the trophic state of the lagoons with additional anthropogenic nutrient loading affecting this relationship. Turnover time was calculated as a flushing half-life from rainfall, evaporation, runoff, and tidal exchange data, and trophic state was calculated from the quantity and quality of dissolved inorganic nutrients, total phosphorus, and chlorophyll-a standing stock. Flushing half-life of the lagoons ranged between 1 and 27 days, annual phosphorus areal loading from 3 to 18 mg m−2d−1, and chlorophyll-a standing stock from 6 to 160 mg M−2
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00002903
